The weather is heating up here in John Day, Ore. on Day 3 of the Chinese Heritage Tour of the American West.
But stories about Chinese American history - in the form of herbal medicine bottles, steamship line calendars and an altar among other items - are filtering through the air – at least for one group. Tour participants from the Wing Luke Museum and USDA Forest Service trip visited the green-and-red Kam Wah Chung & Co. building.
They peered at what was around them. They snapped digital photographs. They listened as the docent gave an overview and details about the life of two Chinese pioneers in the American West.
