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Chinese massacre memorial planned in Hells Canyon in June

November 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Next year will mark the 125th anniversary of the massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon at what is today named Chinese Massacre Cove. A memorial to the miners is being developed and will be dedicated at the site next June 22. “We cannot give the victims justice after so […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: American West, Ben Bronson Garry Bush Bill Hall Patricia Keith Craig Lesley Alan Pinkham Bettie Luke Rich Wandschneider Priscilla Wegars Lyle Wirtanen, Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Massacre Cove, Chinese Massacre Memorial Committee, Chinese Remembering, Chuimei Ho, Deep Creek, Exclusion Act, Forest Service, Geographic Names, Gregory Nokes, Hells Canyon, Nez Perce, Oregon State University Press, Wallowa County

Historians track Chinese history in Idaho

July 23, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A black ponytail in a 1920s mason jar, empty graves in an Idaho forest cemetery, a massacre in an isolated river canyon — they’re all links in the little-told story of the Chinese in Idaho, who came by the thousands but then drastically left at the turn of the century.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Allen Pinkham, Chinatown, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Remembering, Clearwater River, Garry Bush, Geographic Names, Hells Canyon, Idaho Territorial Legislature, LEWISTON, Luna House, Moscow, Nez Perce War, Shoshone County, Six Oregon, Terry Abraham, Vol 28 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, Wallowa County, William Goulder

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