Located in John Day, Kam Wah Chung & Co. was the commercial, spiritual and cultural center of Oregon’s Chinese population from 1887 to 1948. It was a general store, a post office, a library and temple.

In the 1900s, people traveled hundreds of miles for the goods and services they could only get at Kam Wah Chung. Today, thanks to support from the Oregon Lottery and Oregon State Parks, they come to step back in time.