Meat Packing
The meat packing portion of the barn at the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk colony.
We went to the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony at Gold Hill in El Dorado County today. It's a failed Japanese colony from 1869 or so that tried to grow tea and silkworms. They didn't count on a harsh drought (not as bad as the one now, but bad enough), funding being cut off, and miners diverting their irrigation water for their own nefarious purposes. The colony lasted two years and then the members (they started with 22 people) dispersed. One 19 year-old lady, Okei, died of a fever, probably malaria, and is buried on this site.
Links:
City of Aizuwakamatsu [Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuwakamatsu,_Fukushima
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony [Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakamatsu_Tea_and_Silk_Farm_Colony
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony [American River Conservancy]
www.arconservancy.org/site/c.psKZL3PFLrF/b.7719191/k.2889...
Meat Packing
The meat packing portion of the barn at the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk colony.
We went to the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony at Gold Hill in El Dorado County today. It's a failed Japanese colony from 1869 or so that tried to grow tea and silkworms. They didn't count on a harsh drought (not as bad as the one now, but bad enough), funding being cut off, and miners diverting their irrigation water for their own nefarious purposes. The colony lasted two years and then the members (they started with 22 people) dispersed. One 19 year-old lady, Okei, died of a fever, probably malaria, and is buried on this site.
Links:
City of Aizuwakamatsu [Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aizuwakamatsu,_Fukushima
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony [Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakamatsu_Tea_and_Silk_Farm_Colony
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony [American River Conservancy]
www.arconservancy.org/site/c.psKZL3PFLrF/b.7719191/k.2889...