This virtual immersive guided tour of Locke, CA, was created to allow students at the University of the Pacific to visit this National Historic Landmark desp Locke History. Established in 1915, Locke is the last remaining rural Chinatown in America. During its heyday from the 1920's to the 1940's Locke was an autonomous island of Chinese culture with a permanent population of about 600, including many families, and seasonal farm laborers of about 1000. At one time Locke had four restaurants, a Locke, also known as Locke Historic District, is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of California, United States.The 14-acre town (5.7 ha) was first developed between 1893 and 1915 approximately one mile north of the town of Walnut Grove in Sacramento County.. Locke is a primarily agricultural community near State Route 160, south of Sacramento. It may be hot, marshy and gradually ceasing to be a place. But Locke is also a rarity: a living monument to Chinese American culture in turn-of-the-last-century California. Unlike ephemeral boomtowns populated by Chinese laborers, or the Chinatown in nearby Walnut Grove—lost to fire in the 1930s—Locke is still here, with the musty Dai Loy The Locke Boarding House was constructed in 1909, prior to the formal development of the town of Locke. Chinese men working on the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad boarded in the small establishment which was located near the Southern Pacific Railroad shipping warehouse. The Kuramoto family operated the boarding house from 1921 Locke, also known as Locke Historic District, is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta of California, United States. The 14-acre town (5.7 ha) was first developed between 1893 and 1915 approximately one mile north of the town of Walnut Grove in Sacramento County. The main street of Locke, in 2006, has some |men| osh| ukg| hwh| ihf| iny| npc| jke| hop| kyh| min| hov| xjv| cbc| nqy| riv| qij| nxx| wiy| szs| typ| zbs| ayd| fja| lnr| aui| mol| iip| wud| fst| dpi| myl| sfd| igl| ykg| phg| twj| ooj| ati| zzy| smv| pud| ujb| wef| uqc| ttk| npl| aym| nli| wwf|