Hidden Histories: Pendleton's Early Chinese Community

Since at least the 1980s, tourism, media depictions, and even well-known works of fiction have promoted the idea that nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants built and occupied an extensive tunnel network under the city of Pendleton, Oregon, and in many other locations throughout the American West. In this program, Priscilla Wegars, Ph.D., and Renae Campbell, M.A., explore these "Chinese tunnel" rumors and compare those in Pendleton with the historical record of Pendleton's Chinese community.