Idaho Experience

Forgotten Neighbors: Idaho's Chinese Immigrants (1x3)

Fecha de emisión: Jul 26, 2018

In 1870 nearly one-third of the Idaho Territory’s population was Chinese. Most of these individuals were men who worked in mines, though a handful of Chinese women found their way to Idaho. Although the majority of the workers ultimately returned to China, they left a substantial impact on the American West, through the infrastructure they built and the Western culture they influenced.