Crossing East Program Two - Frontier Asians

Program Two: Frontier Asians

Explore the legacy of the frontier in the towns, farms and ranches settled by Asian Americans. Crossing East features the early West with miners, buckaroos, farmers and doctors.

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	The Story of Ing 'Doc' Hay: In the dry sagebrush hills of Eastern Oregon, in the small town of John Day, a thriving Chinatown emerged, thanks in large part to an unusual doctor named Ing Hay. His medical practice was located in a general store named the Kam Wah Chung.	Producer: Dmae Roberts
	Frontier Women: The laws on the one hand and the lonely situation of Chinese men on the other became a reason for underground organizations to import Chinese women as prostitutes. Living and working under horrible conditions, many did not outlive the four years of service specified in their contracts, but some escaped and made better lives for themselves on the frontier.	Producer: Sara Caswell Kolbet
	Asians in Agriculture: Chinese, Japanese, South Asians and Filipinos revitalized the West with their farming skills. They began as laborers but eventually found opportunities to work for themselves, buying up small plots of land to establish family farms.	Produced by Rainjita Yang-Geesler