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"Jupiter" Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
301New York (Schenectady County), Schenectady — "Jupiter"And the Golden Spike
Near AlCO Heritage Trail 0.1 miles west of River Street, on the left when traveling west.
Nearing the completion of America's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, Schenectady Locomotive works filled an important order: four recently built engines numbered #60, #61, #62, and #63 were dismantled and shipped around Cape Horn to San . . . — Map (db m159913) HM
302North Carolina (Surry County), Mt. Airy — M 7 — Siamese Twins
On Old Highway 601, on the right when traveling north.
Eng and Chang, the Siamese twins, born in 1811 in Siam, settled as farmers in this neighborhood. Died 1874. Grave 100 yards west. — Map (db m53374) HM
303Ohio (Champaign County), Urbana — Xue, Bian, and Sun Memorial
On Blue Knight Drive, on the right when traveling south.
These Urbana University MBA students lost their lives in an auto accident in Springfield, OH. Gone but not forgotten Xue, Bing (Jo) 12/31/1982-3/8/2007 Liaoning Province Bian, Jin (Jack) 10/13/1979-3/8/2007 Liaoning Province Sun, . . . — Map (db m13810) HM
304Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 68-18 — Federation of India Community Association
On Martin Luther King Junior Drive south of Saint Casimir Way, on the right when traveling south.
In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC . . . — Map (db m6946) HM
305Ohio (Delaware County), Hyatts — 12-21 — Bharatiya Hindu Temple
On Hyatts Road 0.1 miles east of Steitz Road, on the right when traveling east.
[Marker Front]: In 1985, Hindu immigrants from India formed a celestial organization, The Bharatiya Temple Society of Central Ohio, and through its membership adopted the Constitution and Bylaws and named the place of worship Bharatiya . . . — Map (db m12819) HM
306Ohio (Delaware County), Lewis Center — 122-25 — First Jain Temple in Central Ohio / History of Jainism in Ohio
On South Old State Road (County Route 10) at Ashcreek Ave., on the right when traveling north on South Old State Road.
First Jain Temple in Central Ohio “Souls render service to one another” The Jain Center of Central Ohio was established on May 12, 1991. The foundation stone of the Jain temple, the first of its kind in Central Ohio, was laid . . . — Map (db m105528) HM
307Ohio (Franklin County), Columbus — 76-25 — Asians in the American Civil War
Near East Broad Street (U.S. 40/62), on the right when traveling east.
Side A: Despite exclusionary laws preventing U.S. citizenship, Asians served in the Union and Confederate armies and navies during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Many of these soldiers were denied citizenship following their services . . . — Map (db m26933) HM
308Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — China Flats
On Sandusky Street at Bellefontaine Street, on the left when traveling north on Sandusky Street.
China Flats. On this corner was a hotel built in 1840. In 1885 the hotel housed Chinese railroad workers and was known locally as China flats. The hotel burned and was replaced by the present structure in the late 1940's. — Map (db m98744) HM
309Oregon (Baker County), Baker City — Baker City Chinese History
On Windmill Road near Campbell Street, on the left when traveling south.
Chinese were prominent working on railroads & gold mines in Baker County. The Baker City Chinatown was located by Powder River on Auburn Avenue where a Joss House was built in 1883. Chinese gardens on the east bank of Powder River between . . . — Map (db m108158) HM
310Oregon (Baker County), Baker City — Chinese Shrine1890
On Windmill Road near Campbell Street, on the left when traveling south.
This Chinese prayer house was used to honor the departing spirits by burning incense and prayer papers. The prayer papers were brown paper with some million little pinholes & pushed through the alter window. In traditional Chinese religion the many . . . — Map (db m108159) HM
311Oregon (Baker County), Granite — Ah Hee DiggingsA Job of Mythical Proportions
On Forest Road 73 2.2 miles north of County Road 24, on the right when traveling north.
Center Panel: These Chinese Miners Must Have Felt Like Sysyphus Pushing a Large Rock Uphill Forever, as in Greek Mythology. The backbreaking labor of stacking and re-stacking sixteen acres of rocks here at the Ah Hee . . . — Map (db m106776) HM
312Oregon (Clatsop County), Astoria — Crossroads of Cultures
On Astor Street at 9th Street, on the left when traveling east on Astor Street.
This area was once the crossroads of several cultures in Astoria. Along the waterfront to the east and west were over 20 canneries with their hordes of workers, many of them Chinese. After 12 to 16 hours of hard work, the Chinese went home to . . . — Map (db m112997) HM
313Oregon (Clatsop County), Astoria — Ghadar Party
Near Bay Street north of West Marine Drive (U.S. 30) when traveling north.
The Ghadar Party, often considered the beginning of the 20th century Indian independence movement, crystalized in May 1913 at a meeting in Astoria's Finnish Socialist Hall (located behind this sign along Marine Drive). This revolutionary . . . — Map (db m112991) HM
314Oregon (Clatsop County), Astoria — Shively - McClure National Register Historic District
On Jerome Avenue at 15th Street, on the left when traveling east on Jerome Avenue.
Here you look out over Astoria's first neighborhood. Platted in 1846 by prominent pioneers, Colonel John McClure and John Shively, this district was home to our most influential citizens; elected officials, leading businessmen, cannery . . . — Map (db m113014) HM
315Oregon (Grant County), John Day — John Day/Canyon City
On Northwest Bridge Street just north of West Main Street (U.S. 26), on the right when traveling north.
The mining camp town of Canyon City sprang up soon after the discovery of gold in Canyon Creek in 1861 (Note: actually June of 1862). When Grant County was formed in 1864 Canyon City became the county seat. Meanwhile, "Lower Town" . . . — Map (db m107547) HM
316Oregon (Grant County), John Day — Kam Wah Chung Company Building
Near Ing-Hay Way north of NW Canton Street, on the left when traveling north.
Has Been Designated a National Historic Landmark This property possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America Kam Wah Chung Company Building is the best and earliest known . . . — Map (db m112884) HM
317Oregon (Grant County), John Day — Welcome to Kam Wah Chung
On NW Canton Street when traveling north.
Welcome to Kam Wah Chung In 1890 you would be standing in the middle of a bustling Chinatown.Businesses and homes all around you, the temple in front, and Kam Wah Chung- the core of the community- would be to your left. Why is it the only . . . — Map (db m112887) HM
318Oregon (Jackson County), Jacksonville — China QuarterJacksonville, Oregon 1865
On West Main Street.
(Marker 1) In the 1860s the view from this spot on Main street would have looked much different than it does today. During the the Gold Rush boom of the 1850s, Jacksonville's early merchants and shopkeepers located their businesses along . . . — Map (db m112901) HM
319Oregon (Wallowa County), Imnaha — Chinese Massacre Cove
(The text of this marker is in English, Sahaptin (Nez Percé), and Chinese) Site of the 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners. No one was held accountable. Celmen Waptamaawnin' Toqooxpa . . . — Map (db m138409) HM
320Oregon (Wasco County), The Dalles — Chinatown - The DallesA Brief History
On East 1st Street near Washington Street, on the right when traveling east.
The development of this block began in the early 1850's and by 1858, an assortment of shops and businesses occupied the entire 1st Street frontage (then also known as Main Street of Front Street). In 1879, a fire swept through the downtown, burning . . . — Map (db m112466) HM
321Pennsylvania (Bucks County), Perkasie — Pearl S. BuckAuthor, Activist and Humanitarian — 1892-1973 —
On Dublin Road.
Welcome to the Pearl S. Buck House, a National Historic Landmark. Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to be awarded both the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes for literature. In addition to her literary achievements, Pearl S. Buck was passionately . . . — Map (db m86313) HM
322Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Philadelphia Chinatown
On Race Street, on the left when traveling east.
Founded in the 1870s by Chinese immigrants, it is the only “Chinatown” in Pennsylvania. This unique neighborhood includes businesses and residences owned by, and serving, Chinese Americans. Here, Asian cultural traditions are preserved . . . — Map (db m127980) HM
323South Dakota (Lawrence County), Deadwood — Chinatown
On Main Street 0.1 miles south of CanAm Highway (U.S. 85), on the left when traveling north.
Although the Chinatowns of New York, San Francisco and Chicago are more well-known, these ethnic enclaves weren't exclusive to America's urban centers. There were many Chinatowns in Western boomtowns, including one right here on Deadwood's Lower . . . — Map (db m120093) HM
324South Dakota (Lawrence County), Deadwood — Chinese Immigrants
Near Mount Moriah Drive.
Chinese Immigrants came to Deadwood to make their fortune. After burial in Mt. Moriah, with appropriate ceremonies, the remains were removed for reburial in their home village in China. Not more than two bodies remain in the Chinese Section. — Map (db m49688) HM
325Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Chop Suey Café / Chinese Merchants on Beale Street
On Beale Street just west of South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Chop Suey Café Chop Suey is actually an American dish created by early Chinese immigrants in the 1800s for gold miners in California. It is a stir-fried mixture of vegetables and meat in a starchy soy sauce served over rice. An instant success, . . . — Map (db m147552) HM
326Tennessee (Shelby County), Memphis — Kuni Wada Bakery Remembrance
On Madison Avenue just east of Claybrook Street.
"When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered. The smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls. Bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of . . . — Map (db m89358) HM WM
327Texas (Bexar County), Fort Sam Houston — 16246 — The Pershing Chinese
On Wilson Street at Road S-22, on the right when traveling east on Wilson Street.
In March, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered General John J. Pershing to lead an expedition into Mexico to punish Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary whose troops crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico. . . . — Map (db m85539) HM
328Texas (Dallas County), Carrollton — 16248 — Korean Texans
On Old Denton Road, in the median.
Korean immigrants first came to Texas in the early 20th century, with a handful living in the state by the 1920s. Most were laborers arriving from the western U.S., including Hawai'i, or from Mexico. However, larger numbers of Koreans immigrated . . . — Map (db m148654) HM
329Texas (Dallas County), Seagoville — 17380 — Seagoville Enemy Alien Detention Station, World War II
Near Highway 175.
Shocked by the December 7, 1941, Empire of Japan attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that propelled the U.S. into World War II, one U.S. government response was the incarceration of more than 120,000 Issei (first generation, Japanese immigrants) and . . . — Map (db m155767) HM
330Texas (El Paso County), El Paso — 16051 — El Paso's Chinese Community
On West Mills Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Chinese immigrants first arrived in El Paso shortly before the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its line here in 1881. The earliest immigrants opened a rooming house and a grocery store. Soon afterwards, the U.S. Government passed the Chinese . . . — Map (db m37904) HM
331Texas (Harris County), Webster — 10758 — Seito and Kiyoaki SaibaraContributions to the Texas Rice Industry by
On East NASA Parkway at Old Galveston Road, on the right when traveling east on East NASA Parkway.
Seito Saibara (1861-1939), former president of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and first Christian member of the Japanese Diet (Parliament). Arrived in the United States in 1901 to study theology, and with the desire to establish a Japanese . . . — Map (db m50130) HM
332Texas (Val Verde County), Langtry — 12694 — Site of Vinegarroon
Near U.S. 90 4.5 miles north of the Pecos River, on the left when traveling north.
Crossing the Pecos River Canyon was the last major obstacle the Southern Pacific Railroad faced in completing its southern transcontinental route linking New Orleans and San Francisco. As "Tunnel No. 2" was excavated on the west side of the canyon . . . — Map (db m36442) HM
333Texas (Zavala County), Crystal City — Confinement Site - History of Crystal City Family Internment Camp
On North 7th Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1433) at Popeye Lane, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Avenue.
By late 1942, the U.S. Army realized it needed to focus the efforts of its Provost Marshal General's Office on the expected task of guarding hundreds of thousands of Axis prisoners of war. In response, the Department of Justice (DOJ) gave the . . . — Map (db m111377) HM
334Texas (Zavala County), Crystal City — 13720 — Crystal City Family Internment Camp, World War II
On North 7th Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1433) at Popeye Lane, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Avenue.
When the U.S. entered the war in 1941, an immediate fear was the possibility of enemy agents in the country and the Western Hemisphere. As one response, thousands of Japanese-Americans were moved away from the West Coast. Lesser known was an . . . — Map (db m111380) HM
335Texas (Zavala County), Crystal City — Living and Working in an Internment Camp
On North 7th Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1433) at Airport Drive, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Avenue.
Crystal Care Family Internment Camp was staffed by local civilian employees in secretarial and clerical positions, civilian nurses and doctors, a professional cadre of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) administrators and Border . . . — Map (db m111379) HM
336Texas (Zavala County), Crystal City — World War II Concentration Camp1943 - 1946
On North 7th Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1433) at Popeye Lane, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Avenue.
Due to circumstances beyond their control and consequences of a war between the United States and Japan, peoples of Japanese ancestry, both nationals and U.S. citizens alike, were arbitrarily and without justification, incarcerated in a . . . — Map (db m111381) HM WM
337Texas (Zavala County), Crystal City — World War II Enemy Alien Internment
On North 7th Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1433) at Popeye Lane, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Avenue.
”Inevitably, war creates situations which Americans would not countenance in times of peace, such as the internment of men and women who were considered potentially dangerous to America’s national security.” -INS, Department . . . — Map (db m111378) HM
338Utah (Box Elder County), Brigham City — Chinese ArchA Monument in Limestone
On Promontory Trail 4.5 miles west of Utah Route 83, on the left when traveling east.
Ancient Lake Bonneville once covered this area, including the flanks of Promontory Range. The waves washing against the ancient shore eroded fault-fractured rocks, creating the arch in the 300-million-year-old Oquirrh Formation. More than . . . — Map (db m69125) HM
339Utah (Box Elder County), Park Valley — Watercress
On Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway, on the left when traveling west.
Mile 699.8 from San Francisco Following the abandonment of Terrace, Watercress served as a principle freight and siding for area ranchers early in the twentieth century. Railroad documents record the existence of corrals, a barn, a stock . . . — Map (db m105437) HM
340Utah (Grand County), Moab — Dalton Wells
Near U.S. 191.
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp DG-32 (Co. 234) 1935-1942 During the Great Depression of the 1930s, CCC Camps were scattered all over the USA. They provided gainful employment to youth of the nation with work on public service . . . — Map (db m131990) HM
341Utah (Millard County), Delta — Topaz 1942–1946Central Utah WRA Relocation Center
On Main Street.
Fifteen miles west at Abraham is the location of the bleak desert site of a concentration camp, one of ten in Western America, in which 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned against their will during World War II. They were the victims . . . — Map (db m1438) HM
342Utah (Millard County), Delta — Topaz Internment Camp
On West 4500 N Street 0.7 miles west of N 10000 W street, on the left when traveling west.
Site of Topaz Internment Camp. Over 120,000 Japanese-American, two thirds of whom are U.S. citizens, are uprooted from their west coast homes and incarcerated by their own government. It is 1942, wartime hysteria is at a peak. They are . . . — Map (db m144120) HM
343Utah (Tooele County), Grantsville — Iosepa Historical Memorial
On Utah Route 196 at milepost 23, 15 miles south of Interstate 80, on the left when traveling south.
This hallowed place was dedicated on August 28, 1890 by President Wilford Woodruff for all the nations in the isles of the seas, the Polynesian pioneers, their descendants and the faithful Church leaders who left their home in the mid 1800’s and . . . — Map (db m1259) HM
344Virginia (Arlington County), Arlington National Cemetery — American Volunteer Group, China Air Task Force and the 14th Air Force
This oak tree was planted as a memorial to those who served in the American Volunteer Group, the China Air Task Force and the 14th Air Force during World War II. Dedicated by the members of the Flying Tigers of the 14th Air Force Association . . . — Map (db m11694) HM
345Virginia (Arlington County), Arlington National Cemetery — Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacific DescentCooks, Stewards, and Messmen
In memory of all U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines of African and Asian-Pacific Descent who honorably served officers as cooks, stewards and messmen on U.S. Navy ships and bases and who valiantly manned battle stations during World War II . . . — Map (db m70767) HM
346Virginia (Fairfax County), Herndon — 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service
On Pine Street east of Station Street, on the right when traveling east.
The aforementioned Japanese-American units from World War II are the most highly decorated units in military history. They exemplified duty, honor, and country to the utmost while taking on some of the toughest assignments during the war. . . . — Map (db m126638) HM WM
347Virginia (Fairfax County), Vienna — The Purpose of the Korean Bell Garden"A Symbol of Goodwill Towards All"
Near Beulah Road (Virginia Route 702) south of Chathams Ford Drive, on the right when traveling south.
For the first time in United States history, one of the most beautiful botanic gardens will hold a Korean Bell Garden. Strategically located in Washington, DC, this bell garden will be not only in the capital of the United States but also the . . . — Map (db m151333) HM
348Washington (King County), Seattle — Chinese American Soldiers MemorialSeattle
On Maynard Avenue, South north of South King Street.
Dedicated to American Soldiers of Chinese Ancestry in Seattle and vicinity who died in the service of their country during World War II, 1941 - 1945 [Translation in Chinese calligraphy] Yeu Louie Lee Hong Chew Bak Hong Chin John . . . — Map (db m26934) HM
349Washington (King County), Seattle — How Big Was Japantown?
On South Main Street at 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
At its peak, nearly 14,000 people, many of them U.S. citizens, lived and worked from here on up the hill. This is the original edge of Japantown, a large and energetic community from the 1890s to 1942. The Japanese influence in Seattle . . . — Map (db m142039) HM
350Washington (King County), Seattle — Japanese American Remembrance Garden
Near East Madison Street.
Left Marker: This is Sacred Land. Before World War II a community of Japanese and Japanese Americans lived on what is now south campus. In 1942, approximately 120,000 were incarcerated and held behind barbed wire for three or more years . . . — Map (db m103016) HM WM
351Washington (King County), Seattle — Pioneer Square Historic District
On South Main Street.
[This marker is consists of seven panels and a map which deal with various aspects to the history of Pioneer Square. The panels are clustered together in Occidental Park in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Historic District.] [Panel . . . — Map (db m69830) HM
352Washington (King County), Seattle — Seattle Chinatown Gate
On South King Street at 5th Avenue S on South King Street.
Seattle has had three Chinatowns since the 1860s. The present, third Chinatown was established in the early 1900s. This gate, or Pai-Lau, marks the western entrance to Seattle's Chinatown. For many years, the Seattle Chinese community . . . — Map (db m142220) HM
353Washington (Kitsap County), Port Gamble — Duplex1918-1919
On Walker Street east of Puget Way, on the right when traveling east.
Originally built as a dormitory for girls working at the Puget Hotel; it later housed Chinese workers who worked at the Puget Hotel from 1925 until 1936, when they left Port Gamble. Earliest record of Chinese in Port Gamble was 1870, with 12 men . . . — Map (db m129349) HM
354Wyoming (Carbon County), Sinclair — Rock Springs Massacre
On County Route 347 near Interstate 80, on the right when traveling north.
Anglo-European Coal Miners Near Rock Springs, Wyoming... killed 26 Chinese on Thursday afternoon, September 3, 1885, and torched their nearby settlement. More than 550 other Orientals fled into the hills. Two days later, Fort Fred Steele's . . . — Map (db m89829) HM
355Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Administrative Area:Relocation Camp Administration & Governance
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
In front of you stood the Administration Area which consisted of an H shaped Administration building, a small building to the right of the Administration building for the Block Managers Community Council offices, and a building to the south for the . . . — Map (db m91181) HM
356Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Agriculture and Root Cellars
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
As you look through the site glass, you will see the only remaining root cellar of the original three. It is on private land and may not be visited. The evacuees cultivated farmland north of the living area, across the highway to the south and . . . — Map (db m91173) HM
357Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Barracks Living Area:Camp Life at Heart Mountain
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left.
You are now overlooking the entire living area of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. More than 10,000 men, women and children lived in the area bounded on your left by at the red brick home in there distance, the hill ahead of you, the hospital . . . — Map (db m91219) HM
358Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Daniel K. Inouye
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012) was a lifelong public servant. A veteran who nearly lost his life in brave service with the highly-decorated, all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II, has been recognized for his . . . — Map (db m91143) HM
359Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Heart Mountain High School:Education in Camp
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
As you look through the site glass, you see a concrete records vault, the only remnant of the high school that stood on this ground. In early August 1942, the Heart Mountain project director hired Clifford D. Carter as superintendent and John . . . — Map (db m91194) HM
360Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
History After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, many parts of the West Coast were declared military defense zones. The government ordered the removal of all persons of Japanese ancestry and the War Relocation Authority was . . . — Map (db m91185) HM
361Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Heart Mountain World War II Memorial
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
September 1985 This memorial plaque is dedicated to the more than 750 internees who left Heart Mountain to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, and to the memory of the 15 Heart Mountaineers who gave their live for our country. . . . — Map (db m91188) HM WM
362Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Heart Mountain, Wyoming - Fall 1943
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
Rooted in decades of anti-Japanese and anti-Asian prejudice, the internment of 120,000 Nisei, American citizens of Japanese descent, and Issei, Japanese resident aliens, was triggered by the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Dec. 7, 1941. Initiatives . . . — Map (db m91169) HM
363Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Hospital Complex:Health Service In Relocation Center
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
Directly in front of you was the hospital complex. The structures remaining are the boiler house and chimney, two slabs that were warehouse foundations, one building that was the kitchen and dining room, and one building that was the ambulance . . . — Map (db m91171) HM
364Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — M.P. Station, Guard Tower, Rail & Train Station
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
As you look through the site glass, to the left of the intersection of Highway 14A and Road 19 stood the Military Police complex and one of the guard towers. On the right side of Road 19 were the main gate and the train station. The Chicago, . . . — Map (db m91172) HM
365Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Norman Y. Mineta
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
At this location, from 1942 to 1943, Norman Y. Mineta, Son of Kunisaku (Kay) and Kane Mineta and a U.S. Citizen, was interned by the United States Government. Harboring no bitterness, only an abiding love of his country, he . . . — Map (db m91139) HM
366Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Relocation Center Support Facilities
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
As you look through the site glass, you see the hill where the water reservoir stood. Across Highway 14A was the water treatment plant and adjacent to the military police complex was the sewage treatment plant. Directly across the intersection in . . . — Map (db m91220) HM
367Wyoming (Park County), Ralston — Swimming Hole:Recreation in Camp
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
As you look through the site glass, you see the camp swimming hole. After an internee Boy Scout drowned while swimming in the canal during the summer of 1943, the Administration ordered a large pit excavated just below the canal. The pit was lined . . . — Map (db m91180) HM
368Wyoming (Sweetwater County), Superior — Immigrants
On Main Street (State Highway 371) near Berta Street, on the left when traveling north.
The people who moved into Superior were from diverse ethnic backgrounds. They came from Austria, Slovenia, England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Japan and Greece. Other nationalities loved (sic) and worked in various Superior communities . . . — Map (db m92210) HM
369Wyoming (Uinta County), Evanston — Evanston
On Bear River Drive 0.2 miles east of Wyoming Highway 89, on the left when traveling east.
Evanston was established by the Union Pacific Railroad Company late in 1868. In the first county election, September 6, 1870, Evanston was chosen county seat. Union Pacific Railroad shops moved here in the fall of 1871. Timber and sawmill operations . . . — Map (db m67738) HM
370British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Oak Bay — Chinese CemeteryLe Cimetière Chinois
On Crescent Road at Penzance Road, on the left when traveling south on Crescent Road.
This place, chosen by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in 1903 for its harmonized elements of Nature expressing the principles of "feng shui", is a significant legacy of the first Canadians of Chinese origin. Traditionally it was a . . . — Map (db m72874) HM
371British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Chinese Cemetery
On Penzance Road just south of Crescent Road.
Before 1903 the remains of early Chinese immigrants were buried in the low-lying, southwestern corner of Ross Bay cemetery. This area was often flooded after a heavy rainstorm. In the early 1900s, high winds and waves eroded a few waterfront . . . — Map (db m75449) HM
372British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Chinese General Store
On Pandora Street at Government Street on Pandora Street.
For many years the building on the near left side of this photograph (where you are standing) was a Chinese general store. It was taken down in the early 1960s to enlarge the intersection. You can see a streetcar on Johnson Street crossing . . . — Map (db m49154) HM
373British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Dragon Alley
Near Fisgard Street.
During this district’s boom of 1881 – 1884, sixteen thousand Chinese established themselves within this area of Victoria. Thus emerged six blocks of businesses, theatres, a hospital, schools, churches, temples, opium factories, gambling dens . . . — Map (db m49155) HM
374British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Japanese Internment
Near Douglas Street / Trans-Canada Highway (National Highway 1), on the right when traveling south.
On April 22, 1942, 273 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were exiled from their homes in the Greater Victoria area. None of the survivors of this event ever returned to Victoria to re-establish a home. On August 4, 1992, 67 survivors . . . — Map (db m49127) HM
375British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Lee Mong Kow
On Fisgard Street.
[Chinese, not transcribed] [English] Lee Mong Kow (1863-1924) was born in Panyu County, Guangdong Province, China. As an interpreter in the Canadian Customs House and Immigration Office he helped facilitate communication between Chinese and . . . — Map (db m49157) HM
376British Columbia (Capital Regional District), Victoria — Victoria’s ChinatownLe Quartier Chinois de Victoria — 域 多 利 唐 人 街 —
On Fisgard Street at Fan Tan Alley on Fisgard Street.
[English] This district, first settled in 1858, is the oldest and most intact Chinatown in Canada, representing an important chapter in the long history and heritage of Chinese Canadians. As the major immigrant port of entry on the west coast in . . . — Map (db m52980) HM
377British Columbia (Cariboo Regional District), Barkerville — Chee Kung Tong Building
On Barkerville Highway (Provincial Highway 26) 1 kilometer south of Reduction Road, on the left when traveling south.
This rare example of a 19th century Chinese benevolent society hall conformed to a Chee Kung Tong tradition that placed services to members on the ground floor and formal functions above. With its hostel, kitchen, and meeting and ceremonial spaces, . . . — Map (db m42533) HM
378British Columbia (Greater Vancouver Regional District), Vancouver — Chinese Freemasons BuildingCity of Vancouver Heritage Building — Architect: Samuel Buttrey Birds (1913) —
On West Pender Street at Carrall Street, on the right when traveling west on West Pender Street.
The Chi Kung Tong, later the Chinese Freemasons, purchased this building in 1907. It included meeting rooms, a male dormitory and a Chinese school - uses common to Chinese Society Buildings. The Chi Kung Tong assisted early immigrants from China who . . . — Map (db m53798) HM
379Mexico, Yucatán (Municipality of Mérida), Mérida — El Chemulpo
On Calle 72 at Calle 57, on the left when traveling north on Calle 72.
El Chemulpo Esta esquina debe su nombre a un salón expendedor de cerveza y licores finos, que abrió en el predio número 483 el St.Eduardo Graham, entre los años 1910 y 1912. El vocablo "Chemulpo" es el nombre de un puerto de Japón; . . . — Map (db m130798) HM
380Mexico, Yucatán (Municipality of Mérida), Mérida — The History of Chemulpo Street
On Calle 72 just north of Calle 59, on the right when traveling north.
Historia de Chemulpo Una segunda versión del nombre, es la que se conoce por algunas personas de la Asociación de Coreanos en Yucatán que recuerdan que el motivo de este lugar surgió cuando aquellos que llegaron a Yucatán en 1905 para . . . — Map (db m130659) HM

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Nov. 25, 2020