253 WAYITWAS-2005-569 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine First gold, then a future brought Chinese to the area 2005-02-20 Large numbers of Chinese men flocked to California around 1850, attracted by the Gold Rush and the hope of earning enough money to return to China, buy land there and raise their families. vacahc@gmail.com 569 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/569/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/569/569.1.pdf PDF Document