A photo( and occasional sketch) diary to monitor my culture shock from my move from a West Coast urban city to a beautiful and very small rural community in The Great North West. ***Click on pics for larger image. Updated every week, if we're lucky.***

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

42. El Big's Chinese History contin'





On a recent jaunt south, I spot a pointy asian-looking structure from afar and ask Que to pull around so I can get a better look. It is a fairly recent memorial to the Chinese emigrants of the El Big area. The hills behind the temple are dotted with Cantonese miner and railroad worker's names on granite markers. Some are dated from 1880 to as late as 1940.

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