Archaeologists uncover the forgotten history of Chinese gold miners living in Idaho's Snake River Canyon

Archaeologists uncover the forgotten history of Chinese gold miners living in Idaho's Snake River Canyon

In 1870, more than a quarter of Idaho's population was Chinese, but today there is very little evidence they were ever in the state. On Friday, March 20, I went to a lecture at the Thousand Springs / Hagerman Fossil Beds Visitor's Center to learn what archaeologists have discovered about Chinese gold miners on the Snake River.Ronald James first became engrossed in the history of Idahos Chinese gold miners in 1988 when he started surveying for ar…