Day 19. Profile in Excellence: Chin Lin Sou.

For today’s post, we would like to highlight the life and accomplishments of Chin Lin Sou, who “…was among the earliest Chinese immigrants to Colorado. He became a successful businessman and supporter of the Chinese community. Some of his descendants still live in Denver.”

“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 worked for the Central Pacific Railroad in California, Nevada and Utah and later for the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah and Wyoming. Eventually he and his men got a contract to work on the Denver Pacific Railroad. In the early 1870s, he decided to settle in Colorado.”

Learn More about Profile in Excellence for Chin Lin Sou at (https://history.denverlibrary.org/colorado-biographies/chin-lin-sou-1836-1894).

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