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Pachappa and the first Koreatown · September 2026
Unearthing the Pachappa Camp Lie
Riverside claims they have the First Koreatown, but it just isn't true. Philip 'Flip' Ahn Cuddy, grandson of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, on the hoax of Riverside and the many flaws that come with it.
September 2026 · Pachappa and the first Koreatown · Watch on Instagram
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Unearthing the Pachappa Camp lie. Riverside claims they have the First Koreatown, but it just isn't true. This video shows Philip 'Flip' Ahn Cuddy, renowned historian and grandson of Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, talk about the hoax of Riverside and the many flaws that come with it.
What they said · What the record says
| They say“Pachappa Camp, The First Koreatown in the United States”Exhibition title, UCR Arts, Riverside, 2021-11 | What the record saysThe exhibition cannot date its own central photograph.The family disputes the claim. This archive does not assert a rival first: it prints what the institutions making the claim have published, which is one photograph carrying four different dates. |
| 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, 2021 | What 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
Korean National Association, 19091909
2002: the “First Koreatown on the U.S. Mainland” was Reedley/Dinuba16 August 2002 · Pachappa Was a Labor Camp
