Chinese Historical Society Of America.
10,000 - 18000 years ago, some scholars believed that people from Asia crossed the Berlin Land Bridge to America and they recorded account of travel and exploration going to countries North, East, South, West of China with dating over 2000 years ago. In Chinese Historical Society of America's museum showed many variety such as Asian's Agriculture, Early Communities, Food, Habitat Life and Fishing.
1850's - 60's, Chinese laborers were in farming and land reclamation, where they built a water course that transformed their land into productive farmland. "In 1888's, Lue Gim Gong developed a new variety of orange in Florida that received the American phonological Society's 1911 Wilder Medal." In 1888, Chinese consisted 75% of agricultural workers in some areas. They work in Vineyards, and in fruit packing and canning industries. .
Early 1854, 150 Chinese established a fishing colony near the mouth of Mission Creek in San Francisco. Many Chinese pioneers made the abalone and shrimp industries. In 1800's, Chinese fishing camps dotted the Pacific Coast. Their activities declined in the 1900's, when various discriminatory laws discouraged the Chinese presence in the fishing industry. "In 1880's Chinese shrimp camps near San Francisco and in Louisiana were supplying not only the local markets, but also shipping a million pounds of dried shrimp to Asia." In 1800's, Chinese fishing camps dotted the Pacific Coast. The Chinese's activities declined in the 1900's, when various discriminatory laws discouraged the Chinese presence in the fishing industry.
Early Chinese American communities were overwhelming male. In 1890's, there were 27 men to 1 woman. Most Chinese men came along to America and left their wives in China. Many Chinese Bachelors grew in towns and cities into Chinatown with stores, herb shops, restaurant, newspaper's business, temple and theatres. Some of Chinese Bachelors made ""The Golden Hill's News" in 1854, San Francisco's Golden Hill's News became the first Chinese language newspaper published in America.
