China Camp State Park State Camp China

groups, came to California with the prospect of mining of prospect the with California to came groups, often had sweathouses and dance houses. Sir Francis Sir houses. dance and sweathouses had often a catch a in ng bringi Quan Frank history. fishing. The Chinese, like many other immigrant other many like Chinese, The fishing. dome framework of light poles. Larger settlements Larger poles. light of framework dome forgotten in California in forgotten 1860s when the Chinese immigrants began shrimp began immigrants Chinese the when 1860s Houses were built of grass and tule thatching over a over thatching tule and grass of built were Houses life that has been generally been has that life A significant era began for China Camp in the mid- the in Camp China for began era significant A ous sites have been found in the park. the in found been have sites ous visitors to imagine a way of way a imagine to visitors THE CHINESE THE ten individuals living in each. The remains of numer- of remains The each. in living individuals ten exhibit makes it easy for easy it makes exhibit consisted of ten or twelve households, with eight to eight with households, twelve or ten of consisted informative museum informative t Rock Cove looking south (ca early 1900s) early (ca south looking Cove Rock t Ra from Lake County tribes. Their village site typically site village Their tribes. County Lake from been preserved, and an and preserved, been locally unobtainable resources as high-grade obsidian high-grade as resources unobtainable locally historic structures have structures historic beads from clamshells, and traded them for such for them traded and clamshells, from beads in San Francisco Bay Francisco San in Camp State Park. Several Park. State Camp plants and shellfish. They made baskets and disk and baskets made They shellfish. and plants The Grace Quan Grace The thoughtful visit to China to visit thoughtful mals and deer, collected acorns, and gathered marsh gathered and acorns, collected deer, and mals integral part of any of part integral territory. These California indians hunted small ani- small hunted indians California These territory. culture in California is an is California in culture Point San Pedro was originally part of the Coast Miwok Coast the of part originally was Pedro San Point Chinese and of their of and Chinese HISTORY The history of the of history The Phot and shops once stood. once shops and os only fragments of foundations to show where homes where show to foundations of fragments only and photographers. and by Patrick Robards by Patrick village are a few buildings along the water’s edge, with edge, water’s the along buildings few a are village Back Ranch Meadows Campground. Meadows Ranch Back artists to interesting especially is Village Camp China store and a barbershop. Now, all that remains of the of remains that all Now, barbershop. a and store the park. The era is memorialized by the naming of naming the by memorialized is era The park. the park. the to dimension another still adds area this of Park. There were three general stores, a marine supply marine a stores, general three were There Park. such as cisterns, may still be seen in secluded areas of areas secluded in seen be still may cisterns, as such history human The windsurfing. and swimming fishing, Chinese fishing village that is now China Camp State Camp China now is that village fishing Chinese portions of land for grazing. Some features of this era, this of features Some grazing. for land of portions boating, camping, picnicking, riding, horseback biking, During the 1880s, nearly 500 people lived in the in lived people 500 nearly 1880s, the During the mid-1900s. They ran a dairy and leased major leased and dairy a ran They mid-1900s. the hiking, include Camp China at activities Popular shrimp by developing new techniques. new developing by shrimp the property that is now China Camp State Park until Park State Camp China now is that property the year. per days free few Chinese fishermen managed to continue fishing for fishing continue to managed fishermen Chinese few divided and sold. The McNear family owned part of part owned family McNear The sold. and divided fog- hundred two than Area—more Bay the in weather known to shrimpers, were outlawed. Despite all this, a this, all Despite outlawed. were shrimpers, to known grant until his death in the early 1850s, when it was it when 1850s, early the in death his until grant best the of some enjoys Camp China Consequently, when Chinese bag nets, the only efficient nets then nets efficient only the nets, bag Chinese when Pedro, Santa Margarita y las Gallinas. Murphy held the held Murphy Gallinas. las y Margarita Santa Pedro, Area. Bay Francisco San the cover to ocean the from National Historic Park. Historic National munity. The most crippling law was passed in 1911 in passed was law crippling most The munity. land grant held by Timoteo Murphy—the Rancho San Rancho Murphy—the Timoteo by held grant land in moves often that fog the from park the protect west winter months at the San Francisco Maritime Francisco San the at months winter reduced the productivity of the Chinese fishing com- fishing Chinese the of productivity the reduced The area within today’s park became part of a large a of part became park today’s within area The the to ridges high while Camp, China at climate ate Quan can be viewed at China Camp, and in the in and Camp, China at viewed be can 1880s, the passage of several restrictive laws drastically laws restrictive several of passage the 1880s, 1900. moder- and pleasant a in result influences Maritime Grace State Park. During the summer months, the the months, summer the During Park. State communities throughout the United States. After the After States. United the throughout communities earlier times, there remained very few individuals by individuals few very remained there times, earlier malpais. Ta volunteers, with support from staff at China Camp China at staff from support with volunteers, camps. It was then shipped to China or to Chinese to or China to shipped then was It camps. population. Estimated at approximately 2,000 in 2,000 approximately at Estimated population. Mount and Peninsula Francisco San the Island, Maritime National Historic Park and dedicated and Park Historic National Maritime these villages was dried on the hillsides behind the behind hillsides the on dried was villages these Europeans drastically reduced the Coast Miwok Coast the reduced drastically Europeans Angel Diablo, Mount Hills, Bay East the Sonoma, The replica was built in 2003 by the San Francisco San the by 2003 in built was replica The specialty. A large percentage of the shrimp netted by netted shrimp the of percentage large A specialty. the population. Diseases and hardships introduced by introduced hardships and Diseases population. the and Solano Napa, of counties bay north the Bay, Pablo a Chinese junk, is named after Frank Quan’s mother. Quan’s Frank after named is junk, Chinese a trade, and harvesting grass shrimp came to be their be to came shrimp grass harvesting and trade, area. Many factors played a tragic role in the decline of decline the in role tragic a played factors Many area. San include area bay north the of views panoramic cent Grace Quan Grace (pictured below), a reproduction of reproduction a below), (pictured The San Pablo Bay provided abundant resources for their for resources abundant provided Bay Pablo San 1817, had a profound effect on the Coast Miwok of the of Miwok Coast the on effect profound a had 1817, Magnifi- Ridge. Pedro San along trails fine some and world. gravitated to the type of work they knew best. knew they work of type the to gravitated 1776, and its sister mission San Rafael Archangel in Archangel Rafael San mission sister its and 1776, scenery natural of variety a has park 1,512-acre The shrimp. Some say it is the best tasting shrimp in the in shrimp tasting best the is it say Some shrimp. China. Fishermen by trade in their native land, they land, native their in trade by Fishermen China. The establishment of the San Francisco Mission in Mission Francisco San the of establishment The Bridge. might ask him whether he has brought in any fresh bay fresh any in brought has he whether him ask might of Canton, in the maritime province of Kwantung, of province maritime the in Canton, of both friendly and physically healthy. physically and friendly both Gate Golden the of way by Francisco San from drive you stop in at the snack bar during the summer, you summer, the during bar snack the at in stop you and San Pablo Bays. Many residents were from the city the from were residents Many Bays. Pablo San and Drake’s observation and added that the Indians were Indians the that added and observation Drake’s thirty-minute a 101, Highway from reached easily is business here. Most of his catch is sold as bait, but if but bait, as sold is catch his of Most here. business villages that once dotted the shores of San Francisco San of shores the dotted once that villages nature. In 1775 Father Vicente Santa Maria confirmed Maria Santa Vicente Father 1775 In nature. park The County. Marin in Rafael San downtown from C and the village’s only resident, still operates a fishing a operates still resident, only village’s the and them here. China Camp was one of 20 or 30 fishing 30 or 20 of one was Camp China here.

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