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ONLINE ONLY: Know Timber - Chinese Americans in the Woods

When: Tue., Nov. 9, 6-7 p.m. 2021

Where: www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/62735

One seldom pictures a Chinese man in the American West as a lumberjack (cutting and transporting trees) but in the 1860s-1900s, many Chinese chose that occupation. Listen to the forgotten story of Chinese American experiences in western lumber camps with Professor Emerita Sue Fawn Chung.

541-312-1029

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www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/62735