![]() ![]() The Mongolians horde up their money and ship it to China. The money paid to them would be paid to poor white and colored people. Canon does not need them and the city would be better off without them. “Upon this delightful autumn morning we again arise to remark the Chinese ought to go. They stone him whenever he goes out on the street and otherwise torment him.” “The small boys of the city are making it interesting for the new Chinaman who recently opened a laundry next door to Palmer’s Drug Store. She attracted much attention on account of her peculiar dress of silk.” “A Chinese woman named Choy Hing, arrived in this city on Wednesday, en route to Silver Cliff. The following articles show the attitudes of people at the time and the intolerance the Chinese faced on a daily basis. Arthur signed into law the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped the immigration of skilled and unskilled Chinese laborers into the United States. “The year after this 1881 photograph was taken, President Chester A. High cost of rent and water drove Law Kee back to Silver Cliff, Colorado where he had previously resided. Owners were George Lee, John Sing, and Sing Lee.Īs time went by, intolerance and discrimination of the Chinese laborers grew. Eleven years later in the 1901 Sanborn Map, there is only one listed at 609 Main Street which is now Trevarah Dance Studio.Īccording to the 1890 Colorado Business Directory, three laundry houses were in Cañon City. 508 Main Street now houses Phil’s Barber Shop and 618 Mains Street house Jared M. In 1890, there are two listed: 508 Main Street and 618 Main Street. There is little doubt he would have sent photographs to relatives to express his good fortune.” Law Kee’s Laundry in top left corner (people gathered for cornerstone laying of Masonic Temple), July 9, 1881, Object ID: 1956.013.015 Copyright Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History CenterĪ few other laundries were also found in the Sanborn maps along Main Street. “Judging from the setting and quality of the photograph of Law Kee, and his attire, this is a picture of a successful businessman. 1890, Object ID: 1957.012.001 Copyright Royal Gorge Regional Museum & History Center The site would later become the home of the Jones Motion Picture Company, now the Skyline Theatre. Now: Law Kee’s was housed at 606 Main Street was razed around 1900. Cravens’s Office, next west of the Baptist Church, Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Washee house in rear of Nelson’s Jewelry Store, and Dr. Our success is attributed to clean washing and skillful ironing. Here John Chinaman would wash in the back of his shop, dry the linens on the roof and iron in public view. The washhouse was usually a shack-like place. The greatest expense of a Chinese laundry was the rent and water bill. Where laundry had been done by white labor at the cost of twenty dollars per dozen articles, the Chinese moved in reducing the cost to two dollars. As early as 1850 the first Chinese laundry establishments had been opened in San Francisco. The greatest share of the laundry done in the city of Denver was performed in the Chinese “washee houses” along Hop Alley. Then: The Colorado Magazine published an article in October 1952 which gives a history of the Chinese laundry establishments in our country. ![]() So far, each one has been enlightening and educational for me about Fremont County’s captivating history and diversity. Now: This will be my third time I have researched and written a blog on ethnic groups.
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