China Gulch.
Lincoln County.
China Gulch is a small valley with its mouth facing Spilde River about ½ miles west of Nashville. The Southern Pacific Railroad, originally the Oregon Pacific Railroad, passes the mouth. Reference: U.S.G.S. Quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Summit, Oregon, 1984.
China Gulch is a small valley with its mouth facing Spilde River about ½ miles west of Nashville. The Southern Pacific Railroad, originally the Oregon Pacific Railroad, passes the mouth. Reference: U.S.G.S. Quadrangle, 7.5’ series, Summit, Oregon, 1984.
China House. Lincoln
County.
China House was part of
the operation of the Kernville Cannery. The cannery, established in 1896, was
located near Coyote Rock on the north side of the Siletz River, six miles from
its mouth. China House consisted of a mess hall and sleeping facilities for the
25 Chinese cannery workers. The workers came on a seasonal basis from Astoria.
Reference: Gardino and Riedel. 2010.
Newport Bay Chinatown. Lincoln
County.
Newport Bay Chinatown was
in existence by the 1880's. Its residents worked in resort hotels, operated
laundries with others being employed in nearby canneries. Reference: Gardino
and Riedel. 2010.
Oregon Pacific Railroad
Line. Lincoln County.
Chinese laborers worked on
the construction of the railroad line that extends from Toledo at Yaquina Bay,
Lincoln County, through Corvallis in Benton County, to Detroit in Marion
County. As many as 500 Chinese dug the tunnel (now day-lighted) near the community
of Summit. The line was completed in 1885 with roadbed preparation continuing
about 1/2 mile north of Santiam Junction in Linn County. Through time, the
Oregon Pacific Railroad Company became the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad, then
Southern Pacific Railroad and currently the Union Pacific Railroad. See
Chinese Stone Work, Linn County. Reference: Mumford 1982; Mumford and Lowry
1980.
Placer Lake Chinese
Diggings. Lincoln County.
Placer Lake is on Reynolds Creek about four
miles south of the community of Waldport. The creek flows into and out of
Placer Lake. A Euro-American had filed mining claims in the area during the
1870's but there was little gold mining activity until the Chinese began to work
the deposits in both the lake and creek. Reference: Guardino 2008: 34.
Reynolds Creek Chinese
Mining. Lincoln County.
Reynolds Creek flows into and out of Placer
Lake. Both were mined by Chinese. See Placer Lake, Lincoln County.
References
Guardino, M. Constance
III. 2008. Lincoln County Placenames. http://www.2.wi/net/ Accessed
October 12, 2010.
_______ and Marilyn A.
Riedel. 2010. Sovereigns of Themselves. Vol.1.
http://ftp.www.2.wi.net/ Accessed November 28, 2010.
Mumford, Kenneth. 1982.
“Pioneer Trails From Corvallis to the Coast.” Benton County Historical Society
and Museum. http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org/ Accessed
November 23, 2010.
Mumford, Kenneth and
Robert Lowry. 1980. “Rails and Roads in Upper Santiam.” Benton County
Historical Society and Museum.
http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org/ Accessed
November 23, 2010.
U.S.G.S. Quadrangle, 7.5’
series, Summit, Oregon, 1984.