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  • Chinese Americans in Oregon

    The Pioneer Period, 1850-1860 The Cantonese-Chinese were the first Chinese in Oregon. They immigrated to America primarily from the Pearl River Delta region in southeast …

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  • Chinese mining in Oregon

    The city of Guangzhou (formerly known to Westerners as Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province, located along China’s southeastern coast. For many years, it …

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  • Expulsion of Chinese from Oregon City, 1886

    On February 22, 1886, approximately forty men gathered in Oregon City at the McLoughlin House on South Main Street, then a lodging house known as …

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  • The Myth of Chinese Tunnels in Pendleton

    Pendleton is one of several Oregon communities rumored to have underground passageways that were built and occupied by Chinese residents during the late nineteenth and …

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  • Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek

    Of the many crimes and injustices committed against early Chinese immigrants in the American West, what may have been the most brutal occurred at Deep …

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  • Lan Su Chinese Garden

    Poetically named Garden of Awakening Orchids, Lan Su Yuan, the Portland Lan Su Chinese Garden is a product of a sister city association between Portland …

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  • Ah Hee Diggings (Chinese Walls)

    The Ah Hee Diggings, also called the Chinese Walls, are sixty acres of hand-stacked, winding rock walls constructed of placer mine tailings. The walls were …

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  • Kam Wah Chung and Co.

    The Kam Wah Chung and Company (Jin huachang ‘Golden Flower of Prosperity’) was a Chinese-owned grocery, dry goods store, and clinic in John Day. …

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  • Baker City Chinatown

    For over seven decades, Baker City had an area referred to as Chinatown by Chinese and whites alike. Founded in 1864, the town owed its …

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  • Seid Back (1851–1916)

    Seid Back was a Chinese immigrant, merchant, and labor broker whose reputation for honesty, philanthropy, business acumen, sense of community, and patriotic zeal made him …

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96 results

  • Chinese Americans in Oregon

    The Pioneer Period, 1850-1860 The Cantonese-Chinese were the first Chinese in Oregon. They immigrated to America primarily from the Pearl River Delta region in southeast …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Chinese mining in Oregon

    The city of Guangzhou (formerly known to Westerners as Canton) is the capital of Guangdong Province, located along China’s southeastern coast. For many years, it …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Expulsion of Chinese from Oregon City, 1886

    On February 22, 1886, approximately forty men gathered in Oregon City at the McLoughlin House on South Main Street, then a lodging house known as …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • The Myth of Chinese Tunnels in Pendleton

    Pendleton is one of several Oregon communities rumored to have underground passageways that were built and occupied by Chinese residents during the late nineteenth and …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek

    Of the many crimes and injustices committed against early Chinese immigrants in the American West, what may have been the most brutal occurred at Deep …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Lan Su Chinese Garden

    Poetically named Garden of Awakening Orchids, Lan Su Yuan, the Portland Lan Su Chinese Garden is a product of a sister city association between Portland …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Ah Hee Diggings (Chinese Walls)

    The Ah Hee Diggings, also called the Chinese Walls, are sixty acres of hand-stacked, winding rock walls constructed of placer mine tailings. The walls were …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Kam Wah Chung and Co.

    The Kam Wah Chung and Company (Jin huachang ‘Golden Flower of Prosperity’) was a Chinese-owned grocery, dry goods store, and clinic in John Day. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Baker City Chinatown

    For over seven decades, Baker City had an area referred to as Chinatown by Chinese and whites alike. Founded in 1864, the town owed its …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Seid Back (1851–1916)

    Seid Back was a Chinese immigrant, merchant, and labor broker whose reputation for honesty, philanthropy, business acumen, sense of community, and patriotic zeal made him …

    Oregon Encyclopedia