On September 9, California gains statehood. California Supreme Court upholds laws prohibiting people of color from testifying against whites. 1859 Arrival of first Chinese woman. Chinese fishermen become established off Catalina Island. Thousands of Chinese in Kwantung Province are recruited by Central Pacific Railroad Co. to work on westem portion of transcontinental railroad.
Chinese cemetery is established on Fort Moore Hill.
1876 Chinese vegetable peddlers must acquire licenses. 1877 Chinese Methodist Mission established. Successful bidders for irrigation projects not allowed to use Chinese laborers. 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress. Further immigration of Chinese laborers suspended.