In later years, when a violent wave of anti-Chinese sentiment swept through the whole of the United States, it left Eastern Oregon untouched, and many Chinese from Northern California even fled to Oregon to escape the troubles.
日後當全美出現激烈的排華風潮時，在奧勒岡東部卻是風平浪靜，甚至有許多北加州的華人，逃到奧勒岡州避難。