Presented to E.B. Deming, president of Pacific American Fisheries, on August 24, 1909, as a gift from Goon Dip, the labor contractor and new Chinese Consul, this Empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa) is one of the oldest Empress trees in the United States. Pacific American Fisheries, once the largest salmon canning company in the world, provided thousands of jobs for local residents and hundreds of seasonal Chinese laborers.