Marysville's Chinatown

by Lawrence Tom, Brian Tom, Chinese American Museum of Northern Cali, et al.

Book Overview

Marysville's Chinatown was once one of the most important Chinatowns in America. The early Chinese settlers called Marysville Sanfow, or "the third city," meaning the third city by river to the goldfields. Two of the first four Chinese American judges in California were from Marysville as was the first Chinese American elected to the San Francisco Board of Education. The Marysville Chinatown was among the first Chinatowns built in California's Gold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738559768
• ISBN13: 9780738559766
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"