Polly Bemis
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Polly Bemis was a Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her story became a biographical novel titled Thousand Pieces of Gold, which was adapted into a 19
Polly Bemis wearing her wedding dress in 1894.
Polly with her horses Nellie and Julie, Feb 6, 1910
Charles and Polly Bemis
Charles Bemis
Thousand Pieces of Gold
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Thousand Pieces of Gold is a 1981 historical novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn and based on the life of Polly Bemis, a 19th-century Chinese immigrant woman in the American Old West. In 1991, the novel was
Polly Bemis
…November 6, 1933) was a Chinese American pioneer who lived in Idaho in the late 19th and early 20th century. Her story became a biographical novel titled Thousand Pieces of Gold, which was adapted into a 1991 film. On September 11, 1853, Polly was born in rural northern China, near one of the upper villages. As a child, Polly…
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