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The eating area of the Chinese living quarters  
   

The eating area of the Chinese living quarters

Notice the bunk beds in the background with only a mat on the wood surface. They slept on very hard surfaces. They ate and played chinese games at this table.
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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