Ah Toy Garden

Along China Cr. near jct. with S. Fork Salmon R., Payette NF, Warren, Idaho. County/parish: Idaho.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1990. NRIS 90000893.

Part of Chinese Sites in the Warren Mining District MPS (NRIS 64500188).

3 contributing sites. 5 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.

Also known as:

  • 10IH1876

From Wikipedia:

Ah Toy Garden

Ah Toy Garden is a garden located within Payette National Forest. The garden was established by the Chinese American community in order to grow fruits and vegetables to maintain a traditional Chinese diet while Chinese immigrant laborers worked in the mines. There are three other Chinese-American gardens in the Warren Mining District.

The garden was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1990.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84248320