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 he first Japanese women in Colorado came by way of arranged marriages set up with immigrants working on the railroads or in the sugar beet fields. Some families leased farmland and cultivated vegetables, gradually saving up enough money to buy land of their own. During World War II, when West Coast Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps, a few found refuge with families in Colorado.
In Longmont, Chiyo Kanemoto and her husband provided jobs and housing for other Japanese-American families. Longmont's Buddhist temple (organized in 1929) and the Tower of Compassion (built in 1972) mark this city's diverse cultural heritage and honor its generosity during difficult times. |
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