In 1882, responding to a groundswell of anti-Chinese bigotry that followed heavy immigration during the Gold Rush and construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, the U.S. Many came, initially, to work on the railroad.
I don’t want people to forget that there were Japanese immigrants that came to our state, and that people supported them and helped them to live and prosper here.” “I think it’s important to showcase the support that many of the Japanese Americans received,” said Vickie Sakurada Schaepler, coordinator of the Japanese Hall and History Project at the Legacy of the Plains Museum and the driving force behind the effort to preserve the Japanese Hall. It will showcase exhibits that tell the story of Nebraska’s Japanese community: What brought them here, and how they became part of a community – and built their own – despite the challenges of American life. In its next life, the building will serve as a permanent fixture at the Legacy of the Plains Museum. It hosted Japanese language classes, dances, church services, theater shows – a community’s hub. For decades, the structure, known as the Japanese Hall, served as a gathering place for Japanese-American families in the area. Constructed in 1928, the building is the most visible reminder of a generation of Japanese immigrants who, early in the 20th century, settled in western Nebraska, building a community in the state that endures to this day.
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