Filipinos in the Willamette Valley
Tyrone Lim, Pangan-Specht, Dolly, Filipino American National Historical Society
ISBN: | 9780738581101 |
Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing (SC) |
Published: | 11 August, 2010 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Filipinos in the Willamette Valley
Tyrone Lim, Pangan-Specht, Dolly, Filipino American National Historical Society
Tucked among the great pioneer destinations on the Oregon Trail is the fertile agricultural area of the Willamette Valley. Today the valley forms the cultural and political heart of Oregon and is home to three-quarters of the state's population. The beginning of the 20th century saw the entrance of Filipinos into the valley, arriving from vegetable farms in California and Washington, fish canneries in Alaska, and from the pineapple and sugar plantations in Hawaii. At the same time, the U.S. terr
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