The LAST Chinatown of California's Gold Country - Marysville Chinatown!!!! 最後的淘金華人社區 - 美利允 中國城!!!

[@jacks_off_to]

Correction @ 23:50 - Marysville was "Sam Fow" (Third Chinatown), but still had a bigger population than Sacramento during its peak

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

Im going to visit marysville chinatown and museum soon. I know he did a video of it

[@jonlim1978]

Come for Bok Kai Festival this year. Feb. 25 and 26. We are going to do a few new things for the weekend. Contact me, I'm the president of the Marysville Chinese Community.

[@brianpun6329]

@@jonlim1978 wanna join! How could I contact you?

[@raymondong4855]

Thanks for the great video. I grew up in Marysville's Chinatown during the "50's-60's." It was a very busy area then.

[@irishgrl]

I really hope you’ll come back to see the Oroville Temple/Museum on the inside. Chico has rock fences that were built by Chinese laborers

[@jacks_off_to]

I had the privilege and opportunity last year (or year before) to tour the inside of the Oroville Chinese Temple, and it was fantastic!! I also made a video about it, and thanks for mentioning the rock fences in Chico as I had no idea!

[@irishgrl]

@@jacks_off_to the rock walls/fences in Chico are vanishing as vacant land is being taken for development, but the best remnants can be seen off of Bruce Road. Also could you provide the link for your Oroville Chinese Temple video? I didn’t find it when I went to your site 😩

[@jacks_off_to]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKmyeZt6Z6-slbc@@irishgrl

[@irishgrl]

@@jacks_off_to Thank you! I also did some digging for you & found this news clip about a section of an historic section of wall that was removed when they widened Bruce Road when they built the new courthouse…I remember that, it was heartbreaking…at any rate, there are still more wall sections along Bruce Road closer to highway 32 if you ever come back up this way. I’m sure there’s info about them in a Chico Museum & definitely you can find info in the library on the Chico State University campus picture collections 👍 Also watching more of your videos, I answered my own question about where you grew up…CALLED IT!!! Ps I love your earthy natural & humorous style. Don’t change. Just don’t. You are perfect just as you are! PPS: what happened to my link? KZbin strikes again? If you want you can search for rock walls of Chico CA & there’s a 2 minute video on the removal of a historic section.

[@wawawho18_adventures]

u deserve more views - thanks for sharing this

[@HappyPinesMines]

Did she say "Please Step Back" Good job, keep history alive!

[@joeyee8438]

Very informative! Hope you’ll go back March 1-2, 2025 for its annual Bomb Day celebrating Book Kai Festival. Your tour brought back many old memories. I attended that Chinese school from 1954 until it closed down around 1960 by my mother Mary Wong Hai Yee, its last principal. When I started, it had around 15 students - very vibrant and active! The class exercise books in ink brush stroked characters are now stored in storage. So our Chinese calligraphy has been preserved to this day. I am surprised the building has been shuttered to this day. Hope you continue to tour and explore Chinese Chinatowns and historic places!

[@GoldStandard05]

You are doing a great job. I am old and I enjoy seeing a young person do history. Good for you!

[@Liangkenno]

北溪古廟 2016年去過一次😀

[@jenniferdrake9687]

My dad and his 3 brothers went to that Chinese school when they were young. They got out of American grade school and went there until the evening. There is also a memorial outside of the temple just passed the Silver Dollar. It’s dedicated to my grandmother. Her and my grandfather were very prominent people in the Chinese community.

[@joeyee8438]

Who was your dad? I might have known him since my brothers and I attended until it for closed down around 1960 by my mother Mary Wong Hai Yee, its last principal. When I started, it had around 15 students. The class exercise books in brush stroked character are now stored in storage. So our Chinese calligraphy has been preserved to this day!

[@joeyee8438]

- Joe Y.

[@brianpun6329]

介紹多啲舊時唐人街

[@Dorthy-wx9fq]

I had no idea that all of that was even there. And I have lived in Yuba County for the last 35 years. I'm going to have to check that out sometime. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@brianbower7303]

Very enjoyable! I appreciate your enthusiasm to keep history alive and not forgotten.!

[@echan275]

Thanks Jack. Marysville was on my list but I left North Cal this past May.

[@jacks_off_to]

I guess it's time to come visit! (I don't exactly know when the temple is open. The last time I went it was closed even on a Saturday)

[@sunnyoutdoors]

21: plaque is really cool,

[@SDOTFILMS]

[If your interested] I recommend watching the Marysville Bomb Day(I believe that's what its called) It's also on here on yt. 6:30 I d k what's it called. But its a good fortune ring competition. It starts with a ring place on a fire cracker that is also place on top of a wooden log. When it explodes. The competitors would try to catch the good luck ring. This is part of the celebration of the bok kai parade. 9:34 forgot about them cats.

[@jacks_off_to]

I had never heard of bomb day my entire life until Marysville lol

[@JoshKoehnapolyglot]

Fascinating! I do want to visit this and other 唐人街， besides 旧金山的唐人街。

[@jacks_off_to]

There are a bunch lol

[@JoshKoehnapolyglot]

@@jacks_off_to I know.

[@jacks_off_to]

@@JoshKoehnapolyglot I think Fiddletown might be the last one on my list for Norcal, then it's Socal time!

[@1sfgmen]

There was also a Chinatown in Colusa CA. Last time I went to Colusa CA (2016), I still saw some buildings remain, you might want to go check out Chinatown in Colusa CA someday.

[@jacks_off_to]

Once the Oroville Temple is open I will go visit Colusa as well! Do you have any additional information, like where the old Chinatown is located? Thanks!!

[@1sfgmen]

@@jacks_off_to The closest physical address is 707 Main St. Colusa, CA. You will also see a plaque (745 Main St) about the Colusa Chinatown. In Colusa there was an infamous lynching incident to a Chinese ethic resident Hong Di back in 1887 (Hong Di was accused of shoting and killing his employer).

[@jacks_off_to]

@@1sfgmen THIS IS GOLDEN!! THANKS!!!

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

@@jacks_off_to the oroville museum and temple is open im planning a trip soon

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

Have you checked out locke calif yet. Oldest Chinese settlement. And that Oroville chinese museum is fantastic inside been there. But you got see Chinatown in locke calif.

[@RVBadlands2015]

Been there it’s awesome great restaurants.

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

Oh he does have video of locke

[@JoBiatch]

All this time I thought tong buildings were where they sold sugar.

[@karlfonner7589]

Jack’s off😂 Subscribed

[@sunnyoutdoors]

Chinatown rocks, Chinatown table, *smile*

[@wawawho18_adventures]

ya wtf is a chiantown rock and chiantown table hahaha i tripped over that lol

[@nathandonato-weinstein4134]

Jack!!! Your videos are getting me through 2020/2021. Thank you for making these!!!! You need to start up a Patreon or Discord so we can stay in touch with you!!! #NorCalHistory

[@jacks_off_to]

Thanks for watching!! I don't think my channel is at that point where I can shamelessly ask people for money lol. I still have a lot of adventures so I'll be posting for a bit

[@sunnyoutdoors]

Marysville is known for growing almonds, motor cross (hence the background noise in your video) and getting a special gun permit (more info later, after I ask my friend who had to go to Marysville for the permit)

[@holmiumh]

For someone who resides in Yuba county and wish to apply for concealed weapons permit they need to visit the Sheriff's office in Marysville, I guess that's what you were talking about.

[@RVBadlands2015]

They have the Bok Kai festival each year. I live her in the historical district. All first street was China town. You should get with the city to do tours of Chinatown and it’s history.

[@winglow7615]

I met the docent of the Maysville temple more than 30 years ago who happened to be the older brother of my former PE teacher at Francisco Junior High School, Mr. Thomas Kim.

[@Liangkenno]

Chinese temples😀

[@karlfonner7589]

Fiddletown is still there so is Locke

[@AmericaTown]

The miserable faces are the ones that lost at Mah Jong hahaha

[@jacks_off_to]

the whookurs should cheer them up then haha