ABSTRACT
Chinese garden terraces of commercial capacity, developed by Chinese gold miners between 1869 and the 1920s, have been recorded in a remote area of the Payette National Forest in the Salmon River Mountains of Central Idaho (Figure 11). In addition, several small terraced garden plats cultivated for personal consumption are now a part of the official record. At present, research indicates that, collectively, these are perhaps the most extensive Chinese terraced garden developments recorded outside of Asia. Commercially, the Chinese cultivated approximately 250 terraces at five separate sites, totaling about 26 acres on the steep slopes of the South Fork of the Salmon River drainage. From these garden terraces the Chinese supplied the Warren Mining District with fresh vegetable and fruit produce.
