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The Immagration of Aki Yamamoto
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Chinese Exclusion Act
My friend Tako once came to America and had to travel back to Japan because of the Chinese Excslusion act. Two years later he came back and starting working for the railroad. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan has just attacked Russia. The Govermant is doing a draft and I might be picked. Im not taking any chances. Also work has dried up for the fishing industry. With all the war boats on the water it is unsafe to fish. My villiage harbor my be attacked. My desity is to go to America. -
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Aki Yamamoto's Desity
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The Coming Storm
Out at sea, our boat is getting tossed around by the giant waves. The sailors are getting blown down by the intense wind. After many hours it is over, leaving behind our hurt boat. That strom hurt of speed and it will take longer to get to america. -
Uninvited Welcome
Once on Angle island I noticed that many white men were snickering and laughing about my hair. They got in my face and pused me around. I wanted to fight but decided karma would get me back. I just hope the others are like that -
Work on the rails
Good bye San Fransisco, hello the frontier! After working in this filthy city, doing house cleaning and back breaking work is too boring. I need adventure and thats what the transcontinental railroad is offering me. Also, I have my fellow asian brothers working with me. -
Rail Work
The work is very hard and physically challenging. On the bright side Im saving alot of money. My friend Taki Kaku told me that the fishing in the puget sound is amazing and should start a buisness their. Seattle is still a long way away, but we'll make -
Meeting my wife
Our group had to stop in a Seattle to get supplies. While outside the shop I met this wonderful lady names Cystal Moore. We started talking an got along pretty well. I was done working for the rail road, so I quit on the spot and started to live with Cystal. She was very pleased by my plans for setting up a fishing buisness in the Sound. -
A New Begining
Me and my wife have started to build a house on the ocean. Then I'llstart fishing to gain money. Finaly expand and make a factory. Just by the looks of things, I think I will succed. -
A Good Start
The fishing has been very good lately and more and more people are asking for work. I take most. Also, the factory is being built and is about to make me rich. -
My Legacy
Yamamoto Fishing is now a booming buisness. Sadly my wife died about 2 months ago, she was murdered in Seattle. I still cant forget my roots, all the way from Japan. I have come so far and done so much. This lifetime was a good one and my legacy shall be told for years to come. From almost nothing, to one of the richest men in Seattle. Live long Yamamoto
