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Excerpt (My apologies, I have to find the
source for this, I have misplaced the rest of my notes-M.E. Embry)
The Stedman-Thomas
Historic District, Ketchikan, Alaska, fishing industry
early 1900s to the 1940s. social segregation compelled…,Filipinos &
other minority groups to reside in Indian Town.…As
laws restricted Japanese and Chinese immigration to the United States in
the 1920s, more Filipinos were enlisted to work in the Alaska
canneries. Ketchikan had one of the earliest permanent Filipino communities in Alaska. Those Filipinos who did not live in bunkhouses at the canneries generally lived
in the Stedman-Thomas Historic District. Many Filipinos resided in group homes, and individuals who had established themselves
in Ketchikan often acted as sponsors for new arrivals until
they had the means to find their own living quarters. The building at 337-339 Stedman housed a Filipino Social Club, which
later became the Filipino Community Club in 1938. This organization, formed by district residents, is touted as the first
Filipino community club in Alaska… Today, the Stedman-Thomas
Historic District is a heavily visited tourist site.
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