http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Chin_Chun_HockChin Chun Hock - Revision history2026-05-12T11:51:27ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Chin_Chun_Hock&diff=1364445&oldid=previmported>SimLibrarian: Added short description2025-03-06T22:46:40Z<p>Added short description</p>
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'''Chin Chun Hock''' (c. 1844–1927; {{zh|c=陳程學|p=Chén Chéngxué}}, also sometimes transcribed as '''Chin Ching-hock''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/search/results.aspx?t=k&q=WAUJueWillard5191_1.xml|title=Archives West: Results|website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org|accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> was the first [[Chinese race|Chinese]] man to settle in [[Seattle, Washington]]. He arrived in 1860 and was employed as a [[domestic worker]]. By 1868, he had founded a general merchandising store, The Wa Chong Co. ({{zh|c=華昌|p=Huá Chāng}}, ''Chinese Prosperity''<ref name=translations>[http://allegro.mit.edu/~zong/wpress/?p=14 Chin Chun Hock profile], allegro.mit.edu; accessed July 25, 2020.</ref>), at the foot of Mill Street. He owned the Eastern Hotel which housed the first [[Asian people|Asian]] workers in Seattle.{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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