History of Chinese in U. S. and Canada

California

A documented historical account that provides an excellent overview of the lives of Chinese in California from the 1850s to the early 1900s, what they did for a living, and how they were targets of racial discrimination. National Park Service.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views3a.htm

Columbia River Basin

Describes the Chinese in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho who worked as merchants, minors, and railroad workers in the late 1800s and developed communities where they operated restaurants, laundries, and stores.

http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/crbeha/ca/ca.htm

Seattle, Washington

http://www.wingluke.org/international_district.html

Utamilla County, Oregon

http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/primary/chinese2.htm

Grant County, Oregon

http://gesswhoto.com/immigrants.html

Idaho

http://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/

Butte, Montana

http://www.maiwah.org/

Wyoming

The early Chinese worked on the Union Pacific railroad and in coal mines, but they met with often hostile reactions from the whites. They managed to survive and make contributions to their communities.

http://www.wwcc.cc.wy.us/wyo_hist/ev.wyoming_and_the_chinese.htm

Utah

Many of the Chinese who worked on building the railroads stayed and established communities in Utah and the surrounding area.

http://historytogo.utah.gov/piochina.html

Deadwood, South Dakota

Ingenuity and the ability to work hard and live cheaply enabled Chinese to succeed in many businesses but they were often persecuted because Whites felt that the Chinese were taking away their jobs.

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Tucson, Arizona

Excellent site outlines the history of Chinese-Americans in Tucson. Includes short biographies of prominent of Tucson Chinese-American and links to other web resources.

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/chamer/chinese.html