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Pachappa Camp

1900s establishments in the United StatesHistory of Riverside, CaliforniaKorean-American culture in CaliforniaKorean-American historyKorean communities in the United States
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Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, picking oranges in Southern California
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, picking oranges in Southern California

Pachappa Camp (also known as Dosan’s Republic) was founded in 1904 and is one of the earliest significant Korean settlements established in the United States. It was founded by Ahn Changho (also known by his pen name Dosan), one of the earliest Korean immigrants to the United States and a prominent Korean independence activist. Located in downtown Riverside, California, the original address of the site was 1532 Pachappa Avenue but has since been changed to 3096 Cottage Street. The settlement was active until 1918 and at peak season hosted nearly 300 people. Pachappa Camp is labeled the first Korean settlement in the United States by several historians and the Riverside City government, but this label is disputed by historian John Cha. On March 23, 2017, the Riverside City Council designated the Pachappa Camp site as a “Point of Cultural Interest.”The camp is also notable as being the site of where Ahn founded the New People's Association (also "Sinminhoe"), one of the earliest and most significant Korean associations in the United States. It is also where Ahn formulated the idea for the 1913 Young Korean Academy ("Heungsadan").

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