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Sam Mardock: Mar Yum Eh, a thirten-year-old Chinese boy came to the United States in 1875 with only the clothes on his back and the intense desire ti work, He worked on farms and ranches before joining the work crew that was building the railroad from California to Texas for the Southern Pacific.

Mar had heard about Texas as a land where the Chinese could buy land and become full citizens. He became Sam MarDock to Anglicize his name as he learned to read and write English. He travel through Texas and settled in Tyler. He liked the people and opened a restaurant on the square. He later bought a farm. Business was good and Sam opened another restaurant.