Chinese Gardens/Chinese District

 

Chinese Gardens/Chinese District Sources at the Lewis & Clark Public Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center State Historic Preservation Office On-line resources

 

Remnants of the Chinese influence in Helena include the Yee Wau Cabin (Photo) at Reeder's Alley and China Row, outside Forestvale Cemetery. Helena's Chinese Gardens can be found only on historic Sanborn maps. Students should know that "Chinese Tunnels" are a myth across the West. Mining tunnels exist beneath nearly all of Helena's neighborhoods, and Chinese residents may have worked in some of them, but so did many others. There is nothing to identify any tunnel specifically as Chinese in Helena, in Montana, or anywhere else. (Please see the online resource listed below on this topic.)  

 

 

Sources at the Lewis & Clark Public Library

 

1. Brown, Kim. "You're Chinese and You Live in Helena." Montana Historian 4.2 (1974): 8-11. [Shelfmark M978.605 M] 
2. Campbell, William C. From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch. Vol. 2. Helena, Montana: Bell-Arm Corp., 1964. 44. [Shelfmark M 978.66C v.2]
3. Tuttle, Daniel Sylvester. Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop. New York: Thomas Whittaker 2 and 3 Bible House, 1906. 132,157,159. [Shelfmark M B Tuttle]
4. Baumler, Ellen, and Dave Shors. Lost Places, Hidden Treasures Rare Photographs of Helena, Montana. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2002. 51, 52. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 B]
5. Wolle, Muriel S. Montana Pay Dirt: Guide to the Mining Camps of The Treasure State. Chicago: Swallow P Inc, 1963. 72,75-76. [Shelfmark M 978.6 WOLLE]
6. Baumler, Ellen. Spirit Tailings: Ghost Tales for Virginia City, Butte, and Helena. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. 120,121,144. [Shelfmark 133.1097 B]
7. Editors. "Helena's Horrible Holocausts." Montana the Magazine of Western Histroy 12 (1) 15,16,19. [Shelfmark Helena Winter 1962 V12 N1]
8. Davison, Stanley R. "Christmas in Montana . . . " Montana the Magazine of Western History 14 (1) 8-9. [Shelfmark Helena Winter 1964 V14 N1]
9. Rohe, Randall E. "After the Gold Rush: Chinese Mining In the Far West, 1850-1890." Montana the Magazine of Western Histroy 32 (1982) 4: 13-14.[Shelfmark REF Summer 1982 V32 N4]
10. Zhu, Liping. "No Need to Rush: The Chinese, Placer Mining, and the Western Environment."  Montana The Magazine of Western History Autumn 1999: 43-57.
11. Paladin, Vivian, and Jean Baucus. Helena an Illustrated History. Helena, Mont.: Montana Historical Society P, 1996. 29,108,109162,165.[M 978.6615 P].
12. Lang, William L., and Rex C. Myers. Montana Our Land and Our People. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Company, 1979. 114-115. [M 978.6 LANG]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society

 

Research Center

 

1. Chinese Vertical File (includes sign text for China Row, Yee Wau Cabin).
2. Swartout, Robert R. Jr. "From Kwangtung to the Big Sky: The Chinese Experience in Montana."  Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People., and Place. Ed. Harry Fritz et. al. Helena: Montana Historical Society, 2002. 45-64. 
3. Zhu, Liping. "No Need to Rush: The Chinese, Placer Mining, and the Western Environment."  Montana The Magazine of Western History Autumn 1999: 43-57.
4. "East Meets West." Video Collection.
5. Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Maps, Helena, 1884-1930.
6. Photograph Archives, PAc 80-27 f. 15.

 

State Historic Preservation Office

 

1. National Register Files, Lewis and Clark County. Helena Historic District. Yee Wau Cabin.  

 

 

On-line resources

 

1. Asian-American Comparative Collection: Ongoing Research. "Chinese Tunnels." <http://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/RESEARCH.HTM#tunnels>

 

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