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Pachappa and the first Koreatown · August 2026

Not the Founder

The claim that Dosan Ahn Chang-ho founded the Riverside settlement, set against the record of what he actually established and when.

August 2026 · Pachappa and the first Koreatown · Watch on Instagram

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The claim that Dosan Ahn Chang-ho founded the Riverside settlement, set against the record of what he actually established and when.

What they said · What the record says

They say“Dosan Ahn Chang-ho (3rd from left), a Korean immigrant and activist who founded Pachappa Camp in 1905, is seen with other workers at a Riverside, California, orange orchard in the early 1900s”The Korea Herald, Life&Style, 2021What the record saysThe founding year is printed as settled. The photograph beside it is dated to a decade.One sentence carries a precise year for the founding and a vague one for the picture. No source is given for either.

The documents

  1. Group portrait of Korean National Association members arranged in rowsKorean National Association, 19091909

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