immigrant, Asian-American, Chinese Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The ghost of Ah Nue, a Chinese immigrant, is said to still haunt the town of White Oaks, NM.
Korean War, Japanese-American, Gallup, Asian Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura does his hometown of Gallup proud during the Korean War.
Japanese, Asian, Nisei, POWs, internment camps, World War II Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II is now seen as a national embarrassment, however, no one interned at the Santa Fe…
9 11 1923 By Rick Hendricks Roy Minoru Nakayama was born on 11 September 1923 to John K. and Tome Nakayama, both of whom had been born in Japan. At the time of his birth, Roy was the fifth of seven children. He would eventually have one more sibling,…
