Chinese in the Wild West

[@NGMonocrom]

Apparently, the ancient Chinese secret is.... Hard work.

[@bigblue6917]

Isn't it always.

[@MarSchlosser]

Used to be common all over.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

YES

[@Z7d3nR4]

And surviving adversity.

[@goodoldbubba6620]

I thought it was Calgone.

[@oregonoutback7779]

Woo and his pigs were some of my favorite characters in Deadwood.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes

[@MichaelJenkins910]

I wrote my MA thesis on Chinese immigration to Baja California, so this is a subject near and dear to my heart. Thanks for making this video and sharing some forgotten stories.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@michaellepp5445]

Very classy and Informative presentation, well done

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you kindly!

[@justdustino1371]

I found a recipe online that is basically a cheapened form of Sheppard's Pie that was developed by the Canadian equivalent of our Trans Continental railway project during the same period, the recipe was meant to feed migrant Chinese and Quebecacois railway workers. It was a pie crust filled with cheese, ground beef, and mashed potatoes! Seems good to me! 😂

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It does seem good!

[@bigblue6917]

If it's beef then it's Cottage Pie. Sheppard's Pie used ground lamb. Someone got them mixed up. A not uncommon mistake. Either way it sounds good and with the pastry and mashed potatoes would have been very filling.

[@joelhurley2678]

Santee there was a great episode and thank you so much for sharing that great history again.

[@williampalchak7574]

Problem is, nearly all Chinese are lactose intolerant.

[@justdustino1371]

@williampalchak7574 Hungry folks don't fret over loose stools! I'm Nortern European, by ancestry, lactose intolerant myself, and I eat cheese, and yogurt! Most of us do. It is raw milk that is the killer for lactose types!

[@robdavidson4945]

I'm in Idaho and grew up hearing about "China Polly" Beaman on the Salmon River. I worked very briefly on a former Chinese gold claim on the Oregon side of the Snake River. The history of the treatment of the Chinese by the lowlife outlaw element in that area is horrible. Many of the Chinese were respected though. The town of Garden City Idaho was once Chinese Gardens and Farms. It's adjoining the Capitol of Boise. Thanks for the history.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@onegirlarmy4401]

Our state had almost 30% Chinese before the Exclusion Act. There are many "sundown" towns in Idaho because of how white people reacted to the Act. Where I live, it's not talked about and I was shocked when I read about it in the "Sundown Towns" book.

[@robdavidson4945]

@@onegirlarmy4401 I will try to dig up that book.

[@ponydiehl8775]

farmed the heck out of sacramento

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They really did.

[@keithlincoln1309]

"Hold on, I just want my fortune cookie. I never got one" had me busting a gut!

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

Was this scene set in San Francisco?

[@bigblue6917]

@@skeletonbuyingpealts7134 Victor Sen Yung who played Hop Sing was born in California so this could be right. He may have just been an early adopter.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

No, Ponderosa Ranch. Inside...so, probably Hollywood.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

@@bigblue6917 🤔

[@terryschiller2625]

Hi Santee, once again well done sir! Thank you for all your hard work and time. You are very appreciated.🤠🇺🇲

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@chubbethsthunder]

Santee, Thank you very much. You and Mrs. Pew Pew have a beautiful and blessed weekend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@robertjensen1438]

I accidentally installed a program that keeps showing me a picture of a Chinese politician. I think it's maoware.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ha!!!

[@MichaelRainey]

My screensaver got turned into a slideshow of cats. I'm not complaining, just warning everyone to be careful of meoware.

[@classicgunstoday1972]

Whenever I’d see the villain Chang artistically cooking in Hell on Wheels (season 4), as he so often did (which seemed odd given his position of authority), I could not help but think “so this must be where PF Chang’s Restaurants came from!” (It actually isn’t as it wasn’t founded until 1993 but it is of the West out of Scottsdale, Arizona in your neck of the woods)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!! I"m sure that name is as common as "Smith" here

[@bigblue6917]

A man ahead of his time.

[@sethmcavoy1800]

@@ArizonaGhostriders It's the third most common family name in China, after Li and Wang

[@classicgunstoday1972]

@@sethmcavoy1800 it’a also a Klingon name too ;) A famous general at the Battle of Khitomer

[@jvleasure]

The Search for General Tso is a really cool documentary, that while focusing on American Chinese food, does a great job of telling the cultural history as well.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting!

[@ricoramirez4678]

Another excellent episode… Thank you Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@OpieDogie]

Great episode. This was a interesting subject. Thanks Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlphaTraveler1]

This is quite interesting because I know someone whose ancestors actually went back to the rail road days. Super cool video Santee, as always. 👍👍👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

An excellent spotlight, thank you and looking forward to more.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Much appreciated.

[@davidkermes376]

this is the first time a ghostriders' presentation has left me depressed. .looking forward to an uplifting sequel.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Why? These people, although treated badly, succeeded and now have big business!! They showed us!

[@knate44]

I would like to add a bit of context that 1800s China was kind of undergoing hard some stuff at the time which lead to things like people searching for a new life abroad, hoping to support a poor family back in China, and also the less savory stuff like drug and human trafficking. The late Qing Dynasty was a hot mess with Japan gearing up their imperial fleets, and the British doing their thing, what with the resource extraction and stiffing people in the colonies with the bill. The 1890s saw stuff like the First China-Japan war and the Boxer Rebellion. Like I think the ghostriders did a great job with a 5 minute KZbin video showing off both some of the wins of the Chinese American community while also not glorifying or painting over some of the more illicit subjects, but for anyone curious I think it might be helpful to know China was in a pretty dark place at the time. I'm very proud of what fellow Chinese immigrant communities did in America and in my birth country of Canada but those were hard fought victories! That's why it's important to share both the struggles and successes.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@knate44 Thanks for the additional info. I just don't have the hours to go through it all in a video, so a broader scope of their impact in America is what I can do.

[@knate44]

@@ArizonaGhostriders oh 100%, you folks cover a lot of topics! I don't expect you to go super in depth when you are trying to keep the videos under 10 minutes. I thought it might be some handy extra knowledge, the Wild West was a big place with many different peoples and stories it's hard to tell them all. It just so happens I know a bit more of the backstory and thought it might be relevant to share.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@knate44 I appreciate the extras, always. I find some people read these comments and it gives them more stuff to liik into. So thanks!

[@georgeearls3338]

I'm glad to hear you are doing something on the Chinese miners, as I understand it they are the ones that came up with the idea of adding riffles to the gold pan, that makes panning without loosing a lot of fine gold so much easier. It is very common place in modern pans today. At least that is what I have heard.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They were a lot more progressive than we give them credit for.

[@TimKoehn44]

Excellent episode Santee! Great info on the Chinese. I hope yall had a great weekend! Cheers!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you, yes.

[@trynsurviven2440]

Great to see you again Santee and thank you for covering this subject. Have a great weekend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@TylerSnyder305]

I can certainly understand people having a problem with the majority of Chinese immigrants wanting to simply live in America without wanting to assimilate and actually become American, but with how vastly different western culture is I also understand why they'd have a hard time aassimilating.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes, I imagine a lot of the cultures had a tough time at first.

[@lusolad]

At least Americans at large werent being forced to speak Chinese.

[@franknoel5658]

I especially liked this episode, very informative as usual. Great work Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad to hear it! I appreciate and MISS you, Frank.

[@marvinsellers7345]

Thanks for the photo op Santee, we will be bringing the granddaughter to see you in August.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sounds great!

[@edwardschneider7385]

55 Days At Peking Is One Of My Favorite Movies About The Boxer Rebellion. Its actually a really fascinating event in history

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You for the movie tip

[@MmartinaJ]

Thanks for sharing Santee. The Chinese have a huge impact in my home country as well - Trinidad 🇹🇹

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!

[@roblowe9283]

Keep up the good work !!!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks, will do!

[@henrykrinkle8286]

as always, great content keep it coming

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Always!

[@ScarletRebel96]

Good morning Santee hope you're having a wonderful weekend 😊

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you, yes

[@indigowolf556]

Hey Santee I really like this episode.! Looking forward to more about the chinese. Specially the food part that look good😊

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks! 😃

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

Informative, fun, and interesting as always.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Thanks for the history, Santee. Have a great weekend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you too

[@joemortimer1763]

Awesome episode and an often overlooked topic. Bill did not get his fortune cookie? Very unfortunate.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hey didn't know that the fortune said, "Don't go into the camp tonight. People will kill you."

[@Rollin_L]

Bill just wanted the fortune cookie because that's where he gets his lottery numbers. Interesting to learn that the Chinese in that period sent much money back to the home country. Seems to be a dynamic we are familiar with today. Great video, Santee. Keep up the good work and you may be a Big Man like Wu someday! 😁

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

BIG MAN! WU....BIG MAN!

[@robsampson9623]

Greetings from Alberta Canada. I was just wondering if you have ever done a video on the Anasazi peoples?

[@brj_han]

They were a little before the wild west, by about 1500 years, lol. It would be (along with the Freemont culture) more folklore than fact...

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Not yet

[@robsampson9623]

I was thinking about how the native peoples thought about the remains of previous civilizations.

[@CSMartin]

I'm from Alberta too. Did you know a lot of the footage he showed today was from Hell on Wheels, filmed at C L Ranch just West of Calgary?

[@lacasadelcentinela8291]

Now this is valeous info, good video again Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you liked it!

[@hazcat640]

I hope these other episodes are ready so this could be a mini series.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA! Hate to tell you, nothing's ready. I've got a full time job and rarely have anything "in the can"

[@alexandersmall7380]

Thank you for mentioning not only the good, but the bad, like the Chinese exclusion act, pay disparities, and general prejudices that they faced!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@led8541]

Great video Santee

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I appreciate ya!

[@olskoolgamer4672]

Hey Santee, you've done a video on both the Colt and Schofield revolvers how about one on the Remington revolvers used in the old west? Both the cap and ball and cartridge versions. Another suggestion would be for the Marlin lever action rifles. Anyway keep up the awesome work and can't wait to see more.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I did one on Remmys.

[@chelseadanico877]

Very interestingly awsome and interestingly informative video, I really liked and enjoyed it, I got a lot of inspiration for my old west frontier, mesopatamian,sumerian and middle eastern mythology and demonology, 50s to the early/mid 2000s retro ,retrofuturism and classic scifi inspired writing projects. I learned alot about the chinese in the old west frontier. Great job and well done. Im definitly going to add chinese cultural and mythology inspiration to my writing projects and world. I already added japanese cultural and mythology inspiration to my writing projects and world, I named one of the islands in my stories 'The Isle of Ja'Pon'Ja'. Today a mother ptarmigan and her babies are visiting in the yard, here in Alaska.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting!!

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks. Today Im spending time outside and getting further inspiration from videos on the history of toys like squinkies and shopkins as well as the history of online virtual computer worlds for kids like moshi monsters and neo pets for my writing projects. I created a race of animal like beings inspired by shopkins,squinkies,moshi monsters and neo pets, that I named Squiglekins, Shoplinds, MoshiMon Monsters and Meo MonsterPets. The place that the Squiglekins live is the InterWeb Realm that I named Squigletopia.

[@julienielsen3746]

One of the cutest things I ever heard was on a video on the Mississippi Delta. A Chinese lady speaking with a Southern accent. Chinese settled there, and some are still there.

[@IvanIvanoIvanovich]

@@julienielsen3746 They ran a lot of the grocery stores and delis serving African American communities.

[@julienielsen3746]

@@IvanIvanoIvanovich I remember they were talking about the grocery stores.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

WOw.

[@silverjohn6037]

I grew up on the Canadian prairies in the 1960's and pretty much every decent sized town of a few thousand people had a Chinese restaurant. In a time and place that was extraordinarily white it was still was so common you didn't even think about it. All were run by descendants of the railroad workers from the 1880's.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool info. Thanks!

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Interesting episode Santee, I learned a little more about the wild west. Thanks for sharing it. JT

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You bet

[@Joetarius3]

Hey I’d love to see a video about the significance of cartridge-converted cap and ball revolvers. I can’t seem to find anything on them on yt and I figured y’all were the folks to go to.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I mention them in other videos, but have yet to do just conversions.

[@EsaPaloniemi]

Great video on inyeresting subject!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevegarland3387]

I used to live in Grass Valley, CA. Up in the gold country of the Sierra Nevada foothills and the history and contributions of of Chinese laborers is evident everywhere up there. In particular a place called Cape Horn where Chinese where lowered down the cliff face in baskets to place explosive charges to create a ledge for train tracks. Still in use today by the Union Pacific and Amtrak traveling over Donner Pass.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting.

[@fu4616]

Along a rail line near where I work in Gila County, Arizona there are lots of bamboo still growing that the Chinese workers planted.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!!! Didn't know we could grow that here.

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

Lol, bills cameo was gold this week!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@moviedog1]

That was interesting and informative. Thanks for posting this. I didn't know most of these things.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad to help!

[@SmallCaliberArmsReview]

Now I have a hankering for some beef fried rice! Very cool video, Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

MMmmm, order me the pork fried rice, please.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

1:48 funnily enough this meant they didn't prejudice against anyone, which is how we get Chinese dinner on Christmas!

[@bigblue6917]

Considering how many different cultures have contributed the "Christmas dinner" adding in Chinese dinner is no big deal.

[@MarSchlosser]

@@bigblue6917 Especially since most of it seems to be American Indian vegetables and fruit :) Like a Vietnamese lady who escaped with the boat people, the Golden country gives us so much! Even dragon fruit is from the Tierra Caliente.

[@doraran2138]

Part of my family is Jewish, and they tell me it was a tradition on Christmas Day to have Chinese food as those among the few restaurants open on Christmas Day.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

@@doraran2138 Yup, and they would serve everyone

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

We tend to eat Chinese food on Christmas Day. It's open....and it's delicious.

[@theawesomeunclechannel4881]

Hey Arizona Ghostriders will you ever do a video of THE ALAMO or Davy Crockett

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes

[@johnraines4825]

Another good one, Santee. Glad you covered such sn important subject. It is fascinating. Thank you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

My pleasure!

[@SeanDahle]

Fun fact: the oldest Chinese restaurant in the USA that's still running is in Butte, MT where I live

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!! I wanna go!

[@SeanDahle]

@@ArizonaGhostriders it's called Pekin noodle parlor

[@CSMartin]

I am from Calgary (your northern neighbor). I know the one. It has great food.

[@davidphillips7321]

Wonton Soup for Everyone... Thanks, Santee...Stay Safe...

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

Thank you for such a great episode. We are truly a melting pot... My family is both native and European on both sides. The funny thing is the fact that we still clash (North vs South, religion, politics, etc.) but we still love the USA. Keep it up!!! ❤

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

I work for a business owned by foreigners. Specifically Indian. THE BEST JOB I’VE EVER HAD! I feel like family every day…❤

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@captainthorrek262]

They stole his booze. They stole his line. But when they stole his fortune cookie, they went too far!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@justinsane7128]

First is it true that the odor of Peking duck 🦆 wafted about the fight at the Ok corral?

[@studogable]

THAT is one heck of a question

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HA!

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

I was born in the year of the Dragon. And I love Asian food, because my Dad introduced us to a lot of the foods from that part of the world.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!

[@IvanIvanoIvanovich]

Often overlooked is the role of Chinese immigrants as shepherds and cowboys. China Peak mountain and subsequent ski area in Central California memorializes Yung Lee, aka Charley Lee Blasingame. He managed the largest cattle ranch in the county, successfully transitioned the ranch from sheep to cattle following their ban on federal land, and helped guide John Muir and Joseph LeConte through the High Sierras.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting addition. Thanks.

[@ericruss6734]

Now you got me hungry for some Chinese food. Loved the video. You know, in China, Chinese food is just called food.😂

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

WHAT?????

[@gerardjohnson2106]

You learn us more history in 4 minutes a week than schooling did in 12 years. 😂 Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👏👏🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

😁 Very nice of you to say!

[@arthurpeterson246]

Thanks Santee, think I will rush out and get chinese food tonight😊

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hope you enjoy. My Chinese place put me on hold and never picked up.😞

[@SandraPinkParanormal]

Awesome Video Thanks For Sharing 👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for watching

[@cowboycalleja]

Howdy Santee, thank you for all your hard work & sharing your knowledge with us, your passion speaks for itself! Would love to learn about the Latino contribution to the West one of these days. Cheers!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes!

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

Two egg rolls please Santee! It does prove that the backbone of our country owes much to all the different cultures and T-Rex! Kind Thanks, Many Blessings and some lomein! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@Grizzlybike]

Love it!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So glad!

[@ArtisanVaquero]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@CSMartin]

I figured I would see a lot of my friends from Hell on Wheels on this episode. I even saw myself at the Ogden, Utah finish line from Season Five. We had over 300 background per day from the last two weeks filming the show. White, Chinese, and Freedmen.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool you did that!

[@donmears4090]

Thanks again for My Saturday morning history lesson, My Teacher in the Cowboy Hat.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@snubnosedmonke]

good video, i want to watch more western drama shows that show the Chinese American history, what are the names of the movies/shows that you included clips of in this video?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I used clips from Hell on Wheels, Deadwood, and Broken Trail.

[@ralphperez4862]

That is an interesting fact about the Chinese population here in Idaho. It makes sense because of all the mining, timber, and farming industry in our state. I wonder what the population is now? Thanks Santee.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

About 10 years later that number dropped drastically.

[@RicktheCrofter]

@@ralphperez4862 If I remember my Idaho history correctly, there was an attempt to drive the Chinese out of Idaho. A definite blot on Idaho history. Garden City, now a suburb city of Boise, was once Boise’s Chinatown. Long before my time. Known for its Chinese gardens. As many in the Boise area know, the main street in Garden City is Chinden. This street’s name is a contradiction of Chinese garden. In my hometown there was a family of Chinese descent with a large strawberry farm. Many of my school mates had their summer jobs there, picking strawberries.

[@ralphperez4862]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Yes. I actually read that. We're down to about 1.6% of the population being Asian. Includes others , and not only the Chinese. Fun stuff.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Great video!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@brianfow4666]

Being from AZ, I’m surprised you didn’t include China Mary in Tombstone

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Another episode. I work a full time job and can't cover all of them.

[@brianfow4666]

@@ArizonaGhostriders yes, I know who you are and that you work at OTS. But I thought you would have included China Mary in your review of Chinese in AZURE

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@brianfow4666 She will get her own episode one day. Not far from Tombstone and can find her grave in Boothill (I think).

[@brianfow4666]

@@ArizonaGhostriders yes, she is

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@brianfow4666 So, there ya go.

[@davidpeirce7914]

Well done Santee as a California resident our state has had a terrible reputation for its early treatment of the Chinese and even the Japanese! It the Chinese and the Japanese that California owes if you look at the history. Well done

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

We are not responsible for our ancestors actions, and good or bad it is our history.

[@escabasket153]

Because of the Chinese exclusion act, many Chinese immigrated to Mexico, specifically Mexicali which still has a large Chinese population because of that.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

No kidding? I never knew that.

[@c-secofficer123]

I was watching a video on Wild West food, and it mentioned how it was not uncommon for Cowboys to be eating Chow Mein and other Chinese foods from businesses they set up in towns, and I thought that was pretty cool.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right. Lets face it, great food!

[@alvinallman4715]

I've been thinking for a long time to see if you and Kent Rollins would do a collaboration on the Hopsing character off of Bonanza.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Not a bad idea.

[@larry1824]

No Chinese no railroads.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Correct

[@danny-kt3sn]

Hey could you please do a episode on Irish in the old west

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I can

[@bigblue6917]

It's interesting that Ben Cartwright is seen as the archetypal America rancher while Hop Sing is the immigrant. Whereas in reality Victor Sen Yung who played Hop Sing was born in California and Lorne Green who played Ben Cartwright was the immigrant from Canada.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right! Dang actors!

[@brantleerice8176]

Santee,can you please do a video on city cops in the old west

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Sue

[@kmorris180]

This could be an avenue for other videos. I wouldn't mind seeing the roles various groups played in the westward expansion. I wonder if there were Chinese outlaws (Chinese: utraws) in the old west. My gf is a Filipina. What role did Filipinos play in the old west?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'll certainly look into all of it.

[@bearflagmercantile8113]

There's a story up here in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Millerton, where Fort Millerton used to be ( now under a lake) That the California Bandito Joaquin Murrieta and his companion Three Finger Jack were in a verbal altercation while at their table mountain hide out. Apparently Joaquin hated Chinese miners as well as any white men he encountered. One night Joaquin went into a Chinese mining camp robed them, then tied them around the neck with a rope, then marched them back up the mountain. Through the evening, Joaquin would stab them one by one and throw them in the fire. Three Finger Jack pulled his gun and protested the smell of the burning Chinese and how he was losing his appetite.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for the story!

[@hunternowicki8123]

@Arizona Ghostriders, Santee, did you see the trailer for the Netflix "docudrama" Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War? I'd love to see you do a video on it discussing the historical accuracy of it. I'm no expert, but it looks really inaccurate in terms of the wardrobe.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I will check it out, thanks.

[@ohboyitscoffee]

Kinda want to watch McClintock now

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Go for it.

[@AdamGarand]

Can you do a video about swedes in the old west?

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes.

[@AdamGarand]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Thank you!

[@frankrizzo367]

Very interesting, looking forward to more on this. Thanks Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You bet!

[@魟魚-y4k]

The Chinese exclusion act didn't stop Chinese immigrant moving in entirely, for it mainly targeted at labors, women and children. So, rich Chinese family can still send their son to American colleges. Merhants can still settle in for global trading too, eventhough the official usually picking on them. And by the way, the most famous prostitute in 1850s California was actually a Chinese woman too. She didn't seems to establish her fame like Josephine Airey though.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes, but we made it extremely difficult. Even high-end diplomats had trouble and had to certify. Very few were allowed to come in. Additionally, people who were already here had to get certifications to come back if they left the country.

[@billrivenbark8983]

Two best all you can eat buffets are Chinese owned and operated where I live.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🥢

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Chong Wang was one of the best cowboys ever.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OK!

[@LoveKirbythecutepinkball]

1:09 “work hard. Make a fine supper. Wash a dish. No time for foolishness” “Slow down, I just want 1 fortune cookie. I never got buying it” Lol

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL

[@LoveKirbythecutepinkball]

@@ArizonaGhostriderswhich movie has that scene?

[@Snuffy03]

Yippee Ki Yay...once again Santee you have educated us on a neglected part of Old West history. Today people don't even realize that it was the Chinese workers who built the Central Pacific portion of the Trans-continental RR.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@stopmotionkid1041]

Make a video about mexican cowboys. -cowboy cal

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OK!

[@eddyhyde2324]

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Fox🥃

[@Mirokuofnite]

Not far from where I live in Chinese Camp, California one of the first Tong War's happened. I believe it started when one Tong rolled a huge rock onto another Tong's claim and wouldn't remove it. The two sides couldn't get any firearms because apparently nobody would sell to them but the local blacksmiths agreed to make the ma bunch of spears and swords and they had a medieval fight. I also used to wonder why there was no Chinese cemeteries anywhere in the Gold Country when every city and town had a Chinese district. Then I found out the Chinese had a superstition that their remains had to be sent back to their village of birth, and what they would usually due is just bury them temporary and ship the bones back to China.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Very interesting.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Shanghai Noon is the best historical drama about the Chinese American relations during the 1880s.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmm.....

[@BJBlaskovichGaming]

Legend has it Bruce Lee tamed the Wild West.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Whoah!! Then he got screwed out of playing himself by David Carradine!!

[@BJBlaskovichGaming]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Very true! He did!

[@fireorb2]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I'm not surprised the Chinese had a hard time, we still have a long way to go as a country.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

It's amazing how every country has hatred towards certain races. We are super focused on it here in America, but some of the atrocities in other places....my gosh.

[@fireorb2]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Yeah it been bad everywhere I guess since America sings/yells the loudest, she sticks out the most.