https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2 Made with a wish on a star en-us 2021-04-22 21:52:07 UTC 2025-10-09 20:11:35 UTC hello@padlet.com asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449530941 Reporter, Greg Nokes, uncovers files in Wallowa county about the murders of 34 Chinese miners.]]> 2021-04-22 21:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449530941 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449531556 Northeastern Oregon was Nez Perce land until 1877.]]> 2021-04-22 21:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449531556 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449532559 Tens of thousands of Chinese followed the California Gold Rush to the American West]]> 2021-04-22 21:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449532559 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449533897 The 1870 census recorded over 3,000 Chinese peoples in Oregon.]]> 2021-04-22 21:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449533897 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449534345 In 1880, that number jumped to nearly 10,000]]> 2021-04-22 21:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449534345 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449535327 A cabin of Chinese miners was burnt down and shot at by a party of armed men.]]> 2021-04-22 21:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449535327 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449535679 Oregon becomes a state in 1859, and the constitution outlaws Chinese people from mining or owning land.]]> 2021-04-22 21:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449535679 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536198 The Oregon Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association is established in Portland.]]> 2021-04-22 21:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536198 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536462 In 1882 congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning Chinese laborers from entering the country.]]> 2021-04-22 21:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536462 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536645 Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943, when China became allies with the US during WW2.]]> 2021-04-22 21:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449536645 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449537019 Tensions spread over the west, burning towns, hangings, lynchings...]]> 2021-04-22 21:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449537019 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449537290 Chinese peoples start arriving in Lewiston Idaho, 15 hundred miles from San Franciso.]]> 2021-04-22 21:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449537290 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449538234 Chinese leave Lewiston up the Snake River.]]> 2021-04-22 21:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449538234 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449538852 A group of thugs kill and rob the Chinese at the camp of their gold.]]> 2021-04-22 21:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449538852 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449539524 A group from Lewiston organize an annual conference called Chinese Remembering, to keep history alive and known, that went on for five years.]]> 2021-04-22 21:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1449539524 asmith6449 https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1467006153 I believe we can, we should use history as lessons and examples and take/learn what we can from it. We should never forget history, and keep stories alive and known. ]]> 2021-04-28 01:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/asmith6449/esp6bhwx6nk28rg2/wish/1467006153