感谢黄倩提供Chin Lin Sou的资料

黄安年推荐  黄安年的博客/2017年10月16日发布

昨天上午李炬先生在他的新浪博客上发布了《从一个彩色玻璃窗说开去》后，我即转请在美国的铁路华工志愿者黄倩女士，通过在美国网上渠道查找相关资料，很快（2017年10月15日 13:08:32 (星期日)）她传来了不少信息。她告诉我在科罗拉多的丹佛，Chin Lin Sou可是一个令人尊敬的知名人士，不仅有如李炬提到州府大厦彩色玻璃窗上的华人像，而且在会议大厦历史名人中有她的头像，此外在歌剧院里还有为他准备的一把椅子，可见地位之重要。这样一位参与太平洋铁路建设其后又转战其他铁路建设和西部开发，很值得深入探寻。至于1880年10月13日丹佛惨案时Chin Lin Sou是否在场，可以先从时间上判断，黄倩认为当时他在黑鹰镇经营矿山，时事后获悉的。他从广东东莞何处离开，家乡的名字叫什么均有待美中学者合作厘清真相。

下面是她传来的相关资讯，鉴于克服网络学术自愿共享上的障碍，为便于读者了解学术信息，这里截图发布。感谢黄倩女士惠寄。

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当地歌剧院有一把椅子纪念他的

当地会议大厦有他头像

ColoradoPanorama: A People's History | Denver Convention Center

当地历史名人

Chin LinSou: Out of sight and out of mind

他儿子全家

Griego: Asalute to quiet and proud patriot

他女儿

Women ofthe West Museum: The LoDo Mural Project

介绍他的书

Chin LinSou: Chinese-American Leader (Great Lives in Colorado History)

墓地对他的介绍

Chin LinSou (1837 - 1894) - Find A Grave Memorial

他儿子开餐馆

WilliamLin Sou "Willie" Chin (1884 - 1935) - Find A Grave Memorial

AsianAmerican Pacific Islander Heritage Month – Chin Lin Sou, Railroad Man

Chin LinSou

Encyclopediaof the Great Plains | SOU, CHIN LIN (1837-1894)

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ColoradoPanorama: A People’s History

Barbara Jo Revelle

Artist Barbara Jo Revelle has taught art inmany places around the country for over 30 years. Her love of photography andfilm has received more than 30 grants and fellowships. This 600 foot longphoto-based, computer generated tile mural was completed in 1991. In beingconsidered one of the largest public art murals in the world, it consists ofthousands of gray-scaled tiled arrangements to represent the faces andactivities of people important to Colorado’spast. These individuals include politicians, farmers, explorers, and activists.Ms. Revelle also included many controversial historic figures, from laboractivists to individuals such as Kit Carson (participant in the genocide ofNative Americans). It can be interpreted that the tiles, similar to thepeople’s history, are blurry when seen up close, but becomes clearer when wetake a few steps back.

• Artwork Type: Mosaics

• Material: Ceramic tiles

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SOU, CHIN LIN (1837-1894)

One would have trouble explaining"westward expansion" to Chin Lin Sou. Chin was a Cantonese immigrantin his twenties when he came to San  Francisco in the early 1860s fleeing the bloody civilwar that started with the T'ai P'ing Rebellion of 1850. By 1864 the CentralPacific Railroad's Charles Crocker employed hundreds of overseas Chineseworkers. "Crocker's Pets," as they were called, blasted grades andcuts through Donner Pass in the Sierras and on across Utah'sGreat Basin. From that memorable time in hislife, Chin's "frontier" pushed east rather than west.

Following the driving of the"golden spike" at Promontory  Point, UtahTerritory, on May 10, 1869, Chin Lin Sou found himself in the employ of Gen.Grenville Dodge's Union Pacific Railroad, working to bring its tracks up togovernment standards. This opportunity brought him across the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains of Nebraska. In 1870 a group of Denverbusinessmen, including H. A. W. Loveland, financed the construction of theDenver Pacific Railroad, a north–south line connecting Denverand Colorado to the transcontinental trunkline at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Chin served as a foreman of theChinese labor crew that brought the project in under budget.

Chin Lin Sou stayed in Colorado, locating inCentral City, where he made modest profits in mining investments. Sometime inthe late 1870s he was financially able to bring his family from China. Theysettled in Denverwhere, by 1880, he operated several businesses. He likely witnessed theterrible "Hop Alley" riots on October 31, 1880, when irate whiteresidents burned and pillaged the Chinese neighborhood of downtown Denver along 18th andLawrence Streets. Chin died in 1894 a pillar of Denver'sChinese community. He was buried in the city's Riverside Cemetery.Today a stained-glass window portrait in the Coloradostate capitol commemorates Chin Lin Sou as Colorado's leading Asian pioneer leader.

See also CITIES AND TOWNS: Denver,Colorado.

John H. MonnettMetropolitan StateCollege of Denver

Melrose Francis. "Rocky MountainMemories." RockyMountain News, May 20, 1984.

Monnett, John H., and MichaelMcCarthy. Colorado Profiles: Men and Women Who Shaped the Centennial State. Niwot: UniversityPress of Colorado,1996.

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Lily Chin(1873-1933)

Known asthe first Chinese American child born in Colorado,Lily Chin (Chin Ling Sou) was born on December 3, 1873 in Black Hawk. Her father, Chin Lin Sou, workedfirst on the railroad and later leased mining claims. Chin Lin Sou brought hiswife to Colorado frommore thanten years of separation. The family eventually moved to Denver where Chin became a prominent citizenand was known as the unofficial "Mayor of Chinatown."

Chin's daughter Lilymarried Look Wing Yue, a Chinese merchant. The wedding ceremony, held in herfather's home, was a major social event. It was covered by the local papers andattended by both the governor of Colorado andthe mayor of Denver.Lily Chin had three children. She and her husband ran a profitable Chinesemerchandise store in downtown Denver.Chin was known for her beauty, her intelligence, and her education.

After her father's death, she became known as the "Queen ofChinatown." A leading member of the Colorado Pioneer Society, she died in1933.

http://www.his.com/~njohn/wow/lily.htm

Chin Lin Sou was 22 years old when he cameto the United States in 1859from China.He worked on the transcontinental railroad and the gold fields of Colorado. Chin Lin Souwas a natural leader who eventually became a wealthy businessman. He was oftenreferred to as the mayor of Denver’s Chinatown.

Chin Lin Sou was 22 years old when he cameto the United States in 1859from China.He worked on the transcontinental railroad and the gold fields of Colorado. Chin Lin Souwas a natural leader who eventually became a wealthy businessman. He was oftenreferred to as the mayor of Denver’s Chinatown.

Great Lives in Colorado History biographies bring the stories of notableColoradans to elementary grade readers. Each book in the series is bilingual,containing full text in both English and Spanish.

Ages 8 to 10
Bilingual in English and Spanish
75 pages (English 37/Spanish 38)
Paperback
Trim: 5" by 8"
Publication date: 2013

https://www.amazon.com/Chin-Lin-Sou-Chinese-American-Colorado/dp/0865411557

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AsianAmerican Pacific Islander Heritage Month – Chin Lin Sou, Railroad Man

During the 19^thcentury, Chin Lin Sou provided leadership and guidance to his fellow ChineseAmericans in the construction of major railroads in the United States.Chin, who was born in the Chinese city of Guangzhou(also known as Canton), immigrated to the United Statesin 1859 at the age of 22.

Chin first settled in California and, due tohis strong fluency in both Chinese and English as well as his leadershipskills, he became the foreman for a group of Chinese workers laying steel railseastwards from the west coast for the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR). Thisrailroad formed the western segment of the First Transcontinental Railroad and,during the 1860s, approximately 12,000 Chinese emigrants were part of CPRR’sworkforce. When the ceremony marking the completion of the FirstTranscontinental Railroad was held at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869,an eight-man Chinese crew was selected to place the last section of rail.

After the completion of thishistoric project, Chin made his way to Colorado.He was hired to assist with the construction of Denver Pacific Railroad, anorth-south line linking Denver with the FirstTranscontinental Railroad at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Chin’s role in thisproject again involved serving as the foreman of a Chinese crew helping tobuild the railroad.

Chin subsequently remained in Colorado for theremainder of his life, establishing himself as a prominent member of thestate’s Chinese American community. The entrepreneurial Chin also established afew businesses; one of these was the Chinese Trading and Insurance Companies,which sold supplies to Chinese railroad workers. He died in 1894 and was buriedin Riverside Cemeteryin Denver.About seven years later, family members arranged to have his body exhumed andbrought to Chinafor reburial there. Chin remains appreciated in his adopted country, however. Denver’s Colorado State Capitol Building, for example,has a stained-glass window portrait of him in recognition of hisaccomplishments.

https://transportationhistory.org/2017/05/05/asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month-chin-lin-sou-railroad-man/

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This is a Chinesename; the family name is Chin.

Chin Lin Sou

Chin Lin Sou (c. 1837 – 1894) was an influentialleader in the Chinese American community and prominent figure inColorado.^[1] He immigrated to the UnitedStates from Guangzhou, China, in 1859 at the age of 22. Chin stood out amongst hisChinese peers at the time in the United States as he dressed like awesterner and spoke perfect English.

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He worked on the First Transcontinental Railroad asthe foreman of a group of Chinese railroad workers, many of whomChin, himself, recruited and helped to gain passage into the United States.His leadership was important to the construction of the railroad becauseChinese railroad workers were used to lay the steel rails. Following thecompletion of the railroad in 1869 he settled for a time in Black Hawk, Colorado wherehe was the unofficial leader of a group of Chinese immigrants who settled in acommunity called Cottonwood.^[2]

Chin eventually achieved modestsuccess in mining investments in Central City; by the 1870s, he had earnedenough money to bring his family over from China. Upon their arrival, he movedto Denver,where he, as well as his children and descendants, became important figures inthe city. He died in 1894 and was buried in Denver'sRiverside Cemetery.^[1] In April 1901 his body was exhumed andtransferred to China.

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• Chinese American history

References[edit]

1.                             ^ Jump up to: ^abMonnett, John H. (2004). "Sou,Chin Lin". In David J. Wishart. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press.p. 146. ISBN 0803247877.

2.                             Jump up ^"Peak to Peak".Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

Externallinks[edit]

• Short     biography of Lily Chin, daughter of Chin Lin Sou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lin_Sou

SOU, CHIN LIN (1837-1894)

One would have trouble explaining"westward expansion" to Chin Lin Sou. Chin was a Cantonese immigrantin his twenties when he came to San  Francisco in the early 1860s fleeing the bloody civilwar that started with the T'ai P'ing Rebellion of 1850. By 1864 the CentralPacific Railroad's Charles Crocker employed hundreds of overseas Chineseworkers. "Crocker's Pets," as they were called, blasted grades andcuts through Donner Pass in the Sierras and on across Utah'sGreat Basin. From that memorable time in hislife, Chin's "frontier" pushed east rather than west.

Following the driving of the"golden spike" at Promontory  Point, Utah Territory,on May 10, 1869, Chin Lin Sou found himself in the employ of Gen. GrenvilleDodge's Union Pacific Railroad, working to bring its tracks up to governmentstandards. This opportunity brought him across the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains of Nebraska. In 1870 a group of Denverbusinessmen, including H. A. W. Loveland, financed the construction of theDenver Pacific Railroad, a north–south line connecting Denverand Colorado to the transcontinental trunkline at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Chin served as a foreman of theChinese labor crew that brought the project in under budget.

Chin Lin Sou stayed in Colorado, locating inCentral City, where he made modest profits in mining investments. Sometime inthe late 1870s he was financially able to bring his family from China. Theysettled in Denverwhere, by 1880, he operated several businesses. He likely witnessed theterrible "Hop Alley" riots on October 31, 1880, when irate whiteresidents burned and pillaged the Chinese neighborhood of downtown Denver along 18th andLawrence Streets. Chin died in 1894 a pillar of Denver'sChinese community. He was buried in the city's Riverside Cemetery.Today a stained-glass window portrait in the Coloradostate capitol commemorates Chin Lin Sou as Colorado's leading Asian pioneer leader.

See also CITIES AND TOWNS: Denver,Colorado.

John H. MonnettMetropolitan StateCollege of Denver

Melrose Francis. "Rocky MountainMemories." RockyMountain News, May 20, 1984.

Monnett, John H., and MichaelMcCarthy. Colorado Profiles: Men and Women Who Shaped the Centennial State. Niwot: UniversityPress of Colorado,1996.

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William G.Chin, left, as a boy with his family. The Chins were a pioneering family in Colorado. The image ofChin’s grandfather, Chin Lin Sou, is depicted on one of the stained-glass“Heritage Windows” in the state Capitol. Services for William Chin, a proudWorld War II veteran, were held Friday at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

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Servicesfor William C. Chin were held Friday at Fort Logan National Cemetery.He was 96 when he died in mid-March. Time caught up with him. Aspirin and anoccasional antacid were the only medications he thought worth taking. He had astubborn streak.

Chin was aquiet and solemn man. He did not like to make a fuss. He did not like to befussed over. It did please him, however, that people would stop and shake hishand when they saw him wearing his beloved veteran’s baseball cap embroideredwith the words “China-Burma-India.”

Thispleasure had nothing to do with him per se, but rather came from a moment’scommune with someone else who did not take this country for granted. I knew Ihad arrived at his house in Parker on Friday because it was the one with a bigAmerican flag on the front porch — and the red door. Chin was as proud of hisChinese heritage as he was of his service.

“I’m notsure other people will find this story interesting,” his daughter, CindyHoffman, told me when we first spoke. “It’s just a family story.”

But there isno such thing as “just a family story.” And as for the Chins, what a family andwhat a story.

Perhaps youhave visited the state Capitol and seen the beautiful “Heritage Windows”honoring Colorado’sminority pioneers. One of them is of Chinese immigrant Chin Lin Sou. Chin LinSou’s face is also among those in the tile mosaic at the Convention Center. Healso has been memorialized, along with Horace Tabor and Buffalo Bill, with achair at the Central City Opera House.

Chin Lin Souwas William Chin’s grandfather.

Chin Lin Souwas a railroad worker, a recruiter of Chinese labor, a miner and, finally, abusinessman who married a Chinese woman who gave birth to a child named Lily.Lily, according to various historical accounts, is the first recordedChinese-American birth in Colorado.

Lily had abrother named William or Willie, and Willie proved to be as industrious andforward-thinking as his father. He insisted his children graduate from highschool and go to college. Willie Chin was the unofficial mayor of Hop Alley, Denver’s version of Chinatownin what is now Lower Downtown. It should be noted that Denver’s version was seedy, full of opiumdens and tucked among the saloons and the brothels. But it was a segregated cityand the Chinese lived where they were allowed to live.

William Chin, the soldier, was born in Hop Alley, and he used to jokewith his son named — you guessed it, William — that “my house was right aroundwhere third base is now in Coors Field.”

WilliamChin’s three children say their father knew what his forefathers went throughin this country. Anti-Chinese sentiment was high in the late 1800s, and it hita low point in Denverin 1880 when white laborers instigated a riot in Hop Alley that saw the lynchingof a Chinese man.

Chin, too,faced discrimination: redlining, limited job opportunities, the inability tojoin a union. “He wasn’t bitter about it,” his son says. “He was justmatter-of-fact.”

Despitethat, Chin and his brother, Edward, enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Fort Loganin 1942. William Chin became a communications officer and served in the 14thAir Force. Until his last days, he never went out without pinning to one lapelan American flag and to the other his Flying Tigers pin.

“He talked abouthis time in the service as being the best time of his life,” Chin’s youngestchild, Diane, says.

He wouldlater help found and become first commander of Cathay Post No. 185, an AmericanLegion post composed almost entirely of Chinese and Japanese veterans.

“To themothers and fathers of the boys who paid the supreme sacrifice, we say that weshall carry on so that they shall not have died in vain,” he wrote in hisopening message.

Patriotismamong those whose devotion to this country has never been tested, who haveknown only its benevolence, strikes me as easy enough. But to know firsthandits flaws and commit oneself to it still is more than an act of loyalty. It isan act of faith.

“He alwaysfelt blessed to have been born here,” Cindy says. “He always taught us the lifewas what you made of it.”

William Chinreturned from war to work many jobs, eventually finding a permanent place as atelevision station sound technician in Los  Angeles. He returned to Colorado about 19 years ago.

His familyhonored him Friday with a Chinese custom. They handed out red envelopes tothose who knew and will miss him. Each contained a dollar coin and two piecesof hard candy. The coin, Diane explained, was so that he could buy his lovedones one last gift. The candy was to take away the bitterness.

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