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Sun Yat-sen's 1911 Tour of America

On September 2, 1911, the Revolutionary Treasury sent two teams across the country to speak and raise funds. Sun Yat-sen and Wong Won-Su took the northern route while the other team, consisting of Jung Oi Wong and C.S. Yook, traversed southern United States.Sun never completed his portion of the route. [The Qing Dynasty was overthrown on October 10, 1911.] Sun Yat-sen learned of the news on the 12th after he had arrived in Denver. He then hastened to leave for China via Europe and arrived in Shanghai, China on Christmas Day. On January 1, 1912, he was inaugurated as the Provisional President of the newly established Republic of China.

In the meantime, the Revolutionary Treasury continued to raise funds, and by the year’s end . . . more than $140,000 (which is equivalent to $3,540,600 today) had been raised.


Source: Lai, Him Mark. “A Memorable Day 70 Years Ago.” CHSA Bulletin, Oct.-Nov. 1981


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Northern Route:
Portland, OR; Seattle, Spokane, Walla Walla, WA; Baker City, Huntington, OR; Nampa, Boise, Pocatello ID; Ogden, Salt Lake City, UT; Rock Springs, WY; Denver, CO; Kansas City, St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore, MD; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Hartford, CT; Springfield, Boston, MA; Providence (?), RH; Buffalo, NY; Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Madison, WI; St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN; Omaha, NB; Dakota Junction, Deadwood, SD; Billings, Livingston, Helena, Mill City, MT; Winnemucca, Elko, Reno, Carson City, NV.
  Southern Route:
Merced, Madera, Fresno, Hanford, Tulare, Bakersfield, Needles, CA; Prescott, Williams, Flagstaff, Winslow, AZ; Albuquerque, NM; Canyon City, Ft. Worth, TX; Oklahoma City, OK; Kansas City, St. Louis, MO; Indianapolis, IN; Cincinnati, Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, RA; Baltimore, MD; Washington, D.C.; Raleigh, NC; Columbia, SC; Savannah, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Macon, Atlanta, GA; Montgomery, Mobile, AL; New Orleans, LA; Beaumont, San Antonio, El Paso, TX; Silver City, Lordsburg, NM; Clifton, Glove, Benson, Tucson, Phoenix, Yuma, AZ; Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Guadalupe, San Luis Obispo, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Gilroy, San Jose, Menlo Park, San Mateo, CA.

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