6/30/2023 0 Comments Chop suey club party facebookThere was also “secret gambling” going on with “mah-jong games in the back of some of the stores”. When the “good-luck hon character” danced in front of a certain store “the owner would hand over money wrapped in lettuce leaves” as some traditional sort of thanks. Today, there is no evidence it ever existed.Ĭhin also told the newspaper of the “peaceful” situation of the Omaha tong, a memory not shared with historical accounts, along with the requisite reminisces of “street dances” during the “Chinese New Year”. The newspaper claimed “several hundred people of Chinese descent lived there” with “Chinese symbols everywhere”. The 1982 newspaper files and Carl Chin both agreed the “tong house” at 111 North 12th Street was the center of Omaha’s Chinatown that consisted of “four square blocks around”. If Chin Ah Gin ever bothered, he would have found his name spelled several ways during his many years in Omaha. It was all gone by May 1982 when the World-Herald wrote 66 year old Carl Chin “was young when Chinatown disappeared.” Carl’s father was Chin Ah Gin who founded the Mandarin Cafe and then established the famed King Fong’s. Share this with your friends, and let me know your thoughts in the comments section below! This is Joe Wah Lee (18?-1925), Omaha’s richest Chinese immigrant in 1900. This history shares many important lessons about Omaha’s diverse past, racist attitudes, and the dreams of a better life brought to America by immigrants. Adam’s Note: This is a special contribution by guest author Ryan Roenfeld.
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