Chin lin sou biography of william shakespeare

Chin Lin Sou was among the earliest Chinese immigrants to Colorado.

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He became a successful businessman and supporter of the Chinese community. Some of his descendants still live in Denver. It should be noted that, following Chinese custom, "Chin" was his family name even though it comes at the beginning of Chin Lin Sou. Lin Sou was born in Canton in Southern China around Between the age of 19 and 22, he left his home for the West Coast of the United States in order to escape the violence of the Chinese Civil War.

Like many young Chinese men looking for work, Lin Sou went to work on construction of the railroads. He stood out almost immediately. Not only was he six feet tall with blue eyes, but his intelligence was obvious to everyone and he learned English very quickly. Before too long, he became a foreman and managed groups of other Chinese workers.

Eventually he and his men got a contract to work on the Denver Pacific Railroad.