Eureka, California

The Expulsion Of The Chinese Population In Eureka, California In 1885

Hamilton Historical Records

On February 6, 1885, a Eureka City Council member was shot and killed during a gunfight between two rival Chinese gangs.

As a result of the gangfight, a mob of citizens from Eureka forced the Chinese in Chinatown onto two boats. As a result of the mob action, all of the Chinese were forced out of the city.

Author’s Note:

The “Chinese Expulsion of Eureka” is featured in the Clarke Historical Musuem.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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