Gold Country's Last Chinatown: Marysville, California
Gold Country's Last Chinatown: Marysville, California

Author: Lawrence Tom & Brian Tom, Chinese American Museum of Northern California

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1467143235

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Marysville's Chinatown is the last remaining of thirty such communities built in California's Gold Country during the gold rush. Home to one of the oldest operating Taoist temples in California, this region's rich history includes a visit from Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Republic of China. For more than 150 years, the Chinese in Marysville have celebrated the Bok Kai Festival, and it's now the only place in America where people can experience the firing of the bombs and the mad dash to catch one of the good luck rings. Join authors Lawrence Tom and Brian Tom as they share the stories of the resolute Marysville Chinese and their pioneer forebears.

Marysville's Chinatown
Marysville's Chinatown

Author: Brian Tom

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738559766

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Marysville's Chinatown was once one of the most important Chinatowns in America. The early Chinese settlers called Marysville Sanfow, or "the third city," meaning the third city by river to the goldfields. Two of the first four Chinese American judges in California were from Marysville as was the first Chinese American elected to the San Francisco Board of Education. The Marysville Chinatown was among the first Chinatowns built in California's Gold Country and is the only one to survive to this day. Because of this, it is possible to view the full panorama of Chinese-American history through the viewpoint of this one Chinatown.

History of Overseas Chinese in the Americas
History of Overseas Chinese in the Americas

Author: Zhi Dao

Publisher: DeepLogic

Published:

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13:

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The book provides highlights on the key concepts and trends of evolution in History of Overseas Chinese in the Americas, as one of the series of books of “China Classified Histories”.

Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns
Locke and the Sacramento Delta Chinatowns

Author: Lawrence Tom

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0738596701

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Chinese pioneers in the Sacramento River Delta were the vital factor in reclaiming land and made significant contributions to California's agricultural industry from farming to canning. Since the 1860s, Chinese were already settled in the delta and created Chinatowns in and between the two towns of Freeport in the north and Rio Vista in the south. One of the towns, Locke, was unique in that it was built by the Chinese and was inhabited almost exclusively by the Chinese during the first half of the 1900s. The town of Locke represents the last remaining legacy of the Chinese pioneers who settled in the delta.

Bandera County
Bandera County

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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780738585543

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Located in the picturesque Texas Hill Country, Bandera County was named for nearby Bandera Pass, a naturally occurring passageway through the neighboring hills. Near the pass, the Medina River weaves its way through the county. In 1853, a group of settlers arrived and set up camp to make shingles from the huge cypress trees that grew along the river. Soon immigrant workers from Poland were recruited to work at a newly built sawmill. The beauty and abundance of resources also attracted an early group of Mormons, who established a nearby colony. The town of Bandera was designated the county seat at the formation of Bandera County in 1856. Bandera became a staging area for cattle drives up the Western Trail, and today the county still maintains its frontier character. The Western way of life prevails as visitors from around the world come to sample cowboy living on local dude ranches and enjoy honky-tonk music and dancehalls.

Woodall's Far West, 1994
Woodall's Far West, 1994

Author: Woodall

Publisher: Woodall's Publications

Published: 1993-12

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 9780671879310

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Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon, and Mexico.

Bury My Bones in America
Bury My Bones in America

Author: Lani Ah Tye Farkas

Publisher: Carl Mautz Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781887694117

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The story of a Chinese man, Yee Ah Tye, during the California Gold Rush. It sheds light on the struggles of an early immigrant determined to embrace his adopted country despite racial prejudice and harsh exclusionary laws.