In 1910, there were only two Chinese Americans listed in the Las Vegas census. One immigrated in 1878, the other in 1880. Both owned laundries and lived on the same street. A somewhat larger Chinese community lived in outlying Clark County, mainly single males or men with wives left behind in China due to racist immigration restrictions in the U.S. Read more about the life of a lonely Chinese American during this period in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
