Illinois
The history of Chinese people in Illinois is primarily centered on the city of Chicago, as many looked to escape the anti-Chinese violence that had broken out on the west coast. The first Chinese arrived in Chicago after 1869 when the First Transcontinental Railroad was built.
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“An Illinois woman has invented a portable house which can be carried about in a cart or expressed to the seashore. It has also folding furniture and a complete camping outfit.”
—Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903)