Peek into the past: the lives of Chinese and Japanese immigrants in the early Flathead
41-year-old Mar You photographed in his immigration papers from 1904. (courtesy of the Northwest Montana History Museum)
M.M. Hori, a Japanese immigrant who started as a house servant at the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell and later became a prominent Whitefish businessman. He is the subject of a Feb. 20 talk at the Northwest Montana History Museum. (courtesy of the Northwest Montana History Museum)
One of several Japanese gravesites located at Demersville Cemetery in Kalispell on Wednesday, Feb. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One of several Japanese gravesites located at Demersville Cemetery in Kalispell on Wednesday, Feb. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
One of several Japanese gravesites located at Demersville Cemetery in Kalispell on Wednesday, Feb. 15. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
An 1891 photo of Demersville, on the south side of Main, showing one block. (courtesy of Montana Memory Project)
A young woman holding a baby. (Courtesy of the Northwest Montana History Museum)
78-year-old Mar You, a photo included with his citizenship papers from 1944. (courtesy of the Northwest Montana History Museum)
Winding back the clock to early February of 1897 and standing on Second Avenue West in downtown Kalispell would reveal an explosive, joyous celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
In what was once the city’s Chinatown, firecrackers hung from the tops of doorways in Chinese businesses and residences, which included restaurants and laundry services that were described by locals at the time as some of the best in town...
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