They produced such good results that in 1905. Union Pacific sent Japanese to Colorado and eastern Nebraska. Many Japanese immigrants were reemigrating from Hawaii and Mexico in those days. and at one time the labor contractors had as many as 3.000 workers on their rolls. but with reemigration from Hawaii prohibited in 1907 and railroad workers being attracted to farm and cannery work. the number gradually declined. However. the excellent reputation established by Japanese on the railroad received recognition as after 1910. many were promoted to foremen. As for farming. the number is small but the farms are mostly operated on a large scale in Worland and Powell to the north and Sheridan in the northeast.
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