On Main Street at H Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
This building was built in 1926 after the Main Street fire. Originally it was a Chinese restaurant owned by Sun and Moy Kow. Later it became a cantina/dime a dance hall run by Joe Kum You and Joe Gung. It was common knowledge that some dancers were . . . — — Map (db m25906) HM
When gold was discovered in 1848, around 300,000 people came to
California from all over the world. The Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers became highways to the gold country.
Fleets of sailing ships and steamboats brought people and . . . — — Map (db m185609) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building dates from 1927 when it was rebuilt after a fire in 1926. The upper floor served the Chinese population as a center for religious and social activities.
The Toy family operated a store two doors west called The Quong Wo Sing Co. . . . — — Map (db m18271) HM
On Second Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
This hotel, the oldest operating in Isleton, opened in 1949. During construction it was discovered that his site was an old Indian burial ground. Manuel Valine was the first owner of this building that operated as a casino. Soon after the grand . . . — — Map (db m25744) HM
On Second Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the gold rush period of 1849 Isleton was a sea of swaying tules and peat bogs. Chinese immigrants lured to California for gold stayed on to begin a hand labor task of dredging and constructing levees. When the water was pumped out, these . . . — — Map (db m18205) HM
This dry goods store was owned by
Kumataro & Rika Nakano in
Isleton's thriving Japantown.
The store was closed in 1942
when Executive Order 9066
mandated the incarceration of
110,000 Japanese on the West Coast
in isolated internment . . . — — Map (db m161964) HM
On October 12, 1865 the town of Rio Vista gained brief national attention
when Sacramento's newest and most luxurious river steamboat,
Yosemite, burst a boiler in her starboard side. Yosemite was bound
down river for San Francisco . . . — — Map (db m185611) HM
"Barge Burnt - On Friday afternoon last, the barge Monitor,
bound for Sacramento, was burnt and sunk two miles
below Rio Vista. This barge was built of the hull of the
steamer Monitor, the machinery having been removed and
the hulk . . . — — Map (db m185610) HM
