July 2025 – Page 2 – Buried Chinatowns

“Where is Denver’s Chinatown?” provides a space for guests to seek answers and share their visions for its future

Hi everyone! Avajane here again, and today I’m here to talk about our second stop on our journey to Rock Springs: Denver, Colorado! On the morning of July 3rd, our MAP group visited the History Colorado Museum’s temporary exhibit on Denver’s Chinese community. This blog post will take a slightly different approach, as I will…
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Meeting Chuck Leo, Descendant of Rock Springs Chinatown merchant Leo Chan Kong

Our first stop on our road trip to Rock Springs, Wyoming to excavate the Chinatown site was Omaha, Nebraska. We stopped there to speak briefly with Chuck Leo and his friends Betty and Dennis Chin who know a lot about the former Omaha Chinatown while enjoying dim sum and other Chinese dishes at New Golden…
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