President. June 7 of this year marks a significant historic milestone for Japanese Americans and for all Californians. On this date. the 100th anniversary of the first settlement of Japanese immigrants in California will be observed. To commemorate this centennial event. a California historical landmark will be dedicated at Gold Hill. in El Dorado County. A bronze plaque will be fitted into a 17ton granite boulder and will bear the inscription: Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony. Site of the only tea and silk farm established In California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8. 1869. Despite the initial success. It failed to prosper.
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