Crimea House
Stone Corral
A Stone Corral which dates to the early 1850’s
stands across the
street from the monument. It is in a remarkable
state of preservation
and is still used to hold animals. The corral was
probably built by the
Chinese laborers who were responsible for the
miles and miles of stone
walls which run across the low hills of the
Southern Mines. Some of
these stone fences were originally five feet high
and cattle proof. To
build these fences, the Chinese were paid two bits
a rod (sixteen and a
half feet) and often worked from dawn to dusk on
this back-breaking
ku-li, which means “bitter labor” in Chinese.
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