Historic Archaeology Lecture
Lecture details lives of immigrant Chinese woodcutters
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 06/25/2019 - 9:01am
Event Date:
June 28, 2019 - 1:00pm CARSON CITY — Chinese immigrants were abundant in the mining camps of the Sierra Nevada in the latter half of the 19th century.
In the 1860s, the first Chinese immigrants found their way to Aurora, Nevada and by the 1870s, they had settled along King Street in Bodie, California, creating a sizeable Chinatown. By the 1880s, they cornered the woodcutting market, providing cordwood and charcoal to neighboring residents, businesses, and ranches.
