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.
