Coloma in El Dorado County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Chinese Stores

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

1. Chinese Stores Marker

Inscription. Between 1850 and 1883, Coloma was home to a sizeable Chinese community. These stone buildings, known as the man Lee and Wah Hop stores, are all that remain.

Chinese merchants supplied their countrymen with mining necessities and items from their homeland. Their stores served as places to gather. After a fire destroyed Coloma’s Chinese quarter in 1883, most of the Chinese miners and merchants left town.

Marshal Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Erected by California Department of Parks & Recreation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 38° 48.074′ N, 120° 53.551′ W. Marker is in Coloma, California, in El Dorado County. It is on Coloma Road (California Route 49) north of Mt Murphy Road, on the right when traveling south. The resin marker is mounted to a metal stand between the two stone buildings. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coloma CA 95613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Metro,

in the Sierra Nevada,

and in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James W. Marshall (here, next to this marker); Chinese Miners of the Mother Lode (here, next to this marker); California Stamp Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Nelson Bell

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Mormon Workers Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Sutter Mill Timbers (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Wintermantel's Miner's Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Arrastre (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coloma.

Other markers no longer nearby. Chinese Stores (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Mormon Cabin (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Sutter Mill Replica (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Previous marker of the same subject.

Chinese Stores Marker & North Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

2. Chinese Stores Marker & North Building

Chinese Stores - North Buidling image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

3. Chinese Stores - North Buidling

South Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

4. South Building

Chinese Stores - South Buidling image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

5. Chinese Stores - South Buidling

Chinese Stores image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, January 21, 2023

6. Chinese Stores

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 338 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 29, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.