Image 68-2989
"Chinese Coolies Crossing the Missouri River"—
The crossing at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
was made on boards laid across river ice.
The workers were contracted to go to Texas.
[Harper's Weekly, January 22, 1870]
Image
68-2989
"Chinese Coolies Crossing the Missouri River"—
The crossing at Council
Bluffs, Iowa,
was made on boards laid across river ice.
The workers were contracted to go to Texas.
[Harper's Weekly,
January 22, 1870]
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