Barefoot on the Muddy Road

From Pacific Avenue and South 32nd Street, a few steps away from the I-5 overpass, is roughly 7.5 miles to the Lakeview Railway Station.131 years ago, a column of Chinese flanked by armed men on horseback cracking whips and herding them like animals, and a group of club-carrying men brought up the rear, urging on stragglers. Elderly and sick Chinese rode on the wagons, the rest followed on foot, wrapped in blankets, carrying possessions on their backs. Some Chinese walked barefoot on the muddy road, and many cried (Zhi Lin, p. 71).​​

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