Buried Chinatowns

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Fall 2025 Recap

December 14, 2025

The Fall 2025 semester is essentially over at Grinnell College, so I will use this opportunity to write a recap on the research team’s various activities. In mid-October, I attended the Rural Chinatowns and Hidden Sites: Chinese American History in the Deep South and Midwest Conference in Memphis, TN. The meeting included a field trip to…
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Wyoming Chinatowns Archaeology: Summer ’24-Spring ’25 Project Updates

June 5, 2025

Hi all! It’s been a busy year and I have not had a chance to update everyone on last summer’s archaeological fieldwork in Evanston Chinatown and Rock Springs Chinatown. Photos from the digs can be found in the links below: At the Evanston Chinatown, the field crew consisted of myself, Dr. Dudley Gardner, Paul Hoornbeek,…
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The Life and Labor of Lock Chong Choong

December 14, 2024

Hey everyone! George here, and this post will be a little less artifact-related, and more about history. Let’s begin with this: What did Chinese migrants do for a living in Evanston or the city’s Chinatown? If you answered coal miner, this assumption would only be partially correct. While coal mining was the most common profession…
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