ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Exhibit in Scott museum highlights the often unsung stories of Chinese Arkansans | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Exhibit in Scott museum highlights the often unsung stories of Chinese Arkansans | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

In 1869, 98 Chinese men immigrated to the Arkansas Delta to work on cotton plantations. Their arrival heralded Arkansas’ Chinese heritage, an often overlooked facet of our state’s history that is told in a fascinating new exhibit at the Plantation Agriculture Museum.