Appearance"City Beneath Your Feet" Sing Lee Chinese Laundry Archaeological Exhibit at Stockton Hotel

On November 12, 2018, I visited the historical Stockton Hotel, located downtown Stockton, in Stockton, California. Many people don't know about the "City Beneath Your Feet." There were Chinese immigrants in the area.

History in the Downtown: Beneath downtown Stockton lie remains from the City's rich and diverse history. In the 19th century, the site of what is now the City Centre Cinemas was at the heart of Stockton's first Chinatown. In 2000, archaeologists excavated the Cinema block and uncovered the site of the Sing Lee Laundry that was operated by Chinese immigrants from the 1890s to the 1930s.

Archaeology At Work: Archaeologists study the human past through the artifacts that people left behind. These objects and the sites where they are found can tell us how people in the past lived, and how they interacted with their world.