AT CHINA CAMP STATE PARK THERE IS AN OLD FISHING HOUSE AND A SHORE WHERE PEOPLE FREQUENTLY SUNBATH AND SWIM. IN HISTORIC TIMES DURING THE 1880'S ABOUT 500 CHINESE PEOPLE STAYED HERE AND THEY HAD THREE GENERAL STORES AND A MARINE SUPPLY STORE. THE MEN CAUGHT SMALL SHRIMP FROM THE BAY - THEY THEN DRIED THEM ON NETS. THEY THEN SHIPPED MANY OF THEM BACK TO CHINA AND SOME WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE SHOPS.
THERE ARE STILL FAMILIES WHO OPERATE THIS FISH HOUSE WHO ARE RELATED TO THE HISTORIC FAMILIES. I INTERVIEWED SOME OF THEM WHILE WORKING FOR THE STATE PARKS.
IN PREHISTORIC TIMES IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE COASTAL MIWOK MIDDENS AND VILLAGES. THE EARLY ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN THE 1920'S FOCUSED THEIR EXCAVATIONS ON THESE MIDDENS SINCE THEY WANTED TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE LARGER VILLAGES. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE MIDDENS ALONG THE TRAILS.
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