In the novel The House on Harrigan’s Hill, not one Chinese man or woman lived in Truckee. By the 1880’s – 1882 California law no longer allowed Chinese to immigrate to California - Truckee was known for its decision to drive the Celestials from the town. Nowadays, the only evidence of a Chinese community once estimated at more than 1000 people is the curiosity that remains on the south bank of the river where the last Chinatown existed. The ramshackle Chinese Herb Shop can be