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#(multigenerational story? classic revenge ie escaping a past?)
mycological-mariner
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Hmm… Cornish Western story… hm
#OKAY BUT THIS HAS SOME HISTORICAL VALIDATION
#bc okay. in the 1830s there was this MASSIVE Cornish emigration
#Cornish tin and copper was drying up and the mining business overall in the uk was coming to its heat death
#so boom. no more work for a VAST MAJORITY of Cornish folk
#so a lot went to South and Cebtral America and a lot went into the US west and Midwest
#because westward expansion was also happening (fuck) and so hey
#there’s more work out west and in the Americas
#just grass valley Cal. was 3/4 Cornish by descent by 1911
#so there was a huge Cornish diaspora group in the American west
#there were tons of places labelled as “’little Cornwalls’ all throughout the west
#and in mexico too!! real de monte!
#that’s the only place I can think of atm that retained the status
#now clearly there’s way more nuance to it and a far more complex history
#especially when talking abt Manifest Destiny and the suchlike
#ik that Cornish miners were being PAID to leave Cornwall for Australia to work but I can’t find anything about anything like that happening
#re: immigration to america. it’s an incredibly fascinating history bc it did help out the Cornish economy in ways
#still quite a few men went over and sent money back to their families
#but anyways. to bastardise an entire period in history
#cornish western
#(multigenerational story? classic revenge ie escaping a past?)
#I should be banned from thinking I don’t do anything good with this ability
#its actually an idea I’ve had for a while but only in vague shapes
#I just think Cornwall is pretty and I’m deep in its history. I also think the American west is pretty and I’m fascinated by ITS history
#kicking a tin can around in my brain with my hands in my pockets
#anyways
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