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Rock Fence
Photographer: Lester J Letson
Taken: October 9, 2010
Caption: Rock Fence
Additional Description: After the Gold Rush many Chinese were employed at 25¢ per day clearing fields and using the rocks to build fences. These rocks are from a fence on the Walter Palmer Ranch in Cathey's Valley. Rebuilding on this site was done by youth from the nearby C.Y.A. Camp, under the direction of James Hibpsham.

(C.Y.A. is the California Youth Authority)
Submitted: December 3, 2010, by Lester J Letson of Fresno, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p138959
File Size: 1.677 Megabytes

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