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We are a living community, as well as a national historic site. | The cultural significance of Locke, California In 1915, Chinese people could not own land in the U.S., so they leased it from a man by the name of George Locke. Author: John Bartell Updated: 4:12 PM PDT May 14, 2021 WALNUT GROVE, Calif. Roughly 1,115 miles of levees protect farms, cities and people around the Sacramento and San Joaquin Delta.  To tame the water in Delta, 20th century Chinese laborers from the recently completed Transcontinental Railroad were enlisted to build 4-by-12 foot dirt mound levees with little more than just shovels and wheelbarrows. When completed, over a half million acres of swamp were transformed into some of California’s most valuable farmland. 

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