Explore Outdoors: Delta town of Locke symbolizes impact and legacy of Chinese immigrants

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As part of May's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Explore Outdoors is highlighting one of the last authentic, rural Chinatowns in Northern California. Built in 1915, the town of Locke is filled with signs, symbols and historic markers detailing its links to the Chinese immigrants who helped build and develop the railroads, levees and farm fields in the Golden State. For a tour of a town "built by Chinese for Chinese," watch the video above. Interestingly, even though the entire town was built by Chinese immigrants, its residents never owned any of the land encompassing the town.