On this day in 1880, the Anti-Chinese Riot broke out in Denver. According to History Colorado, the riot was a culmination of racism and ignorance that ended with the death of 28-year-old Look ...

"A lot of people don't know that there was a Chinatown here in Denver," said Joie Ha, the executive director of Colorado Asian Pacific United. "It was a home away from home for Chinese immigrants.

(Act One Photography) Nevertheless, Denver’s Chinatown was slowly rebuilt, that was until after World War II, when the neighborhood was mostly razed and replaced with light industrial buildings.