Tule shoe

Tule shoe

The tule shoe is a mat of woven reeds wired to a horse shoe. The over sized shoes were invented by Chinese laborers in 1850's California to help build levees and reclaim land in the Sacramento Delta.

ee also

*Chinese immigration to the United States
*Land reclamation
*Levee

External links

* [http://rwor.org/a/firstvol/890-899/894/chines.htm Sacramento Delta Blues: Chinese Workers and the Building of the California Levees, 1860-1880]
* [http://us_asians.tripod.com/timeline-1600.html Asian Pacific American Historical Timeline Details (1600 to 1874) Our victories, obstacles and leaders]
* [http://www.geocities.com/solarguard/usa/cham.html Review of The Chinese in America, Iris Chang]


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