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Chinese Heritage Sites of the American West Historical Markers

The Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Collaborative maintains a list of locations of physical and cultural remnants of the contributions of Chinese pioneers in the American West. They maintain a website describing these historical sites in detail here: Explore APA Heritage.
 
By Bill Kirchner, August 18, 2010
Catalina Federal Honor Camp
1 ► Arizona, Pima County, Tucson, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area — Catalina Federal Honor Camp — Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site —
2 ► California, Amador County, Fiddletown — Chew Kee Store —
3 ► California, Butte County, Oroville — 770 — Chinese Temple —
4 ► California, Calaveras County, Angels Camp — Chinatown —
5 ► California, Kern County, Bakersfield — Joss House —
6 ► California, Kern County, Tehachapi — 508 — Tehachapi Loop —
7 ► California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Canyon Country — Chinese Railroad Workers —
8 ► California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Canyon Country — In Honor of All Chinese Railroad Workers —
9 ► California, Los Angeles County, Santa Clarita, Canyon Country — Lang Station —
10 ► California, Madera County, Parkwood — Borden Chinese Cemetery —
11 ► California, Madera County, Parkwood — Borden Chinese Cemetery —
12 ► California, Marin County, Tiburon — 529 — Angel Island —
13 ► California, Marin County, Tiburon — Honoring the Contributions of Chinese Immigrants — 紀念華人殺輯的露蹴 — Commemorative Monument / 紀念碑 —
14 ► California, Mariposa County, Coulterville — Sun Sun Wo Co. — Est. 1851 — Chinatown Grocery – Coulterville, CA. —
15 ► California, Mendocino County, Caspar — History Pivots on a Rock —
16 ► California, Mendocino County, Mendocino — 927 — Temple Kwan Tai —
17 ► California, Nevada County, Nevada City — Malakoff Diggins Clampicnic Area —
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18 ► California, Nevada County, Norden — Great Summit Tunnel of the Sierra Nevada —
19 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — Hobart Mills —
20 ► California, Orange County, Yorba Linda — 40 — Irrigation in Orange County —
21 ► California, Placer County, Auburn — Bloomers Cut —
22 ► California, Placer County, Auburn — Chinese Houses —
23 ► California, Placer County, Auburn — The Auburn Joss House —
24 ► California, Placer County, Colfax — 780-9 — Cape Horn Promontory —
25 ► California, Placer County, Gold Run — Chinese Railroad Workers —
26 ► California, Sacramento County, Folsom — 633 — Original Folsom Hydroelectric Plant —
27 ► California, Sacramento County, Folsom, Lake Natoma Shores — The Young Wo Memorial Site — 1883 – 1925 —
28 ► California, Sacramento County, Isleton — Bing Kong Tong Society Building —
29 ► California, Sacramento County, Locke — Locke Memorial Park —
30 ► California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, Sea Cliff — China Beach — 灘海國中 —
31 ► California, Santa Cruz County, Capitola — China Beach —
32 ► California, Shasta County, Igo — Piety Hill —
33 ► California, Sierra County, Sierra City — Memorial —
34 ► California, Sonoma County, Sonoma — 392 — Buena Vista Winery and Vineyards —
35 ► California, Stanislaus County, Knights Ferry — 347 — Knight's Ferry — ← 1 Mile —
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36 ► California, Stanislaus County, Knights Ferry — Rancheria del Rio Estanislao —
37 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — Chinese Tong War —
38 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — Joss House —
39 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — Old Weaverville Fire Station —
40 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — 778 — The La Grange Mine —
41 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — Weaverville Chinatown —
42 ► California, Trinity County, Weaverville — 709 — Won Lim Miao —
43 ► California, Tuolumne County, Chinese Camp — 423 — Chinese Camp — Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail —
44 ► California, Tuolumne County, Groveland — 5-1975 — Big Gap Flume —
45 ► California, Yuba County, Marysville — 889 — Bok Kai Temple —
46 ► California, Yuba County, Marysville — Chinese Rock Wall —
47 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Incline Village — 246 — The Great Incline of the Sierra Nevada —
48 ► Oregon, Baker County, Baker City — Baker City Chinese History —
49 ► Oregon, Baker County, Granite — Ah Hee Diggings — A Job of Mythical Proportions —
50 ► Oregon, Grant County, John Day — Kam Wah Chung Company Building —
51 ► Oregon, Grant County, John Day — Welcome to Kam Wah Chung —
52 ► Oregon, Wallowa County, Imnaha — Chinese Massacre Cove —
 
 
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