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The Chinese Living Quarters  
   

The Chinese Living Quarters

They slept here in these beds lined up against the wall. It was always dark in this room. To the back of this room was the opium den where they laid on their sides and smoked their opium pipes.
Pendleton, Oregon - A Colorful Past !!

August 15th 2007
Pendleton, Oregon has a lively, infamous and entertaining past. No town has a more colorful history than Pendleton! In the mid 1800's the Chinese were imported from Shanghai to help build some of the towns of the west and also to build the railroads in this country. They worked for practically nothing and lived very frugally underground in many cities. They came here in 1850 and were here u ... read more
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