Rock Springs Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1885
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variant(s): Massacre of Chinese, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1885
Rock Springs Chinese Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1885
See also: Massacres --Wyoming
Found in: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Wyo. St. Archives for Warren, F.E. Papers, 1885-1890 (Rock Springs Massacre; massacre at Rock Springs; Chinese issues)
LC database, 11/29/94 (Rock Springs Massacre; Rock Springs Chinese Massacre; Rock Springs Chinese massacre; miners of the Union Pacific Railroad Company shoot at a crowd of fleeing Chinese miners working for the Union Pacific)
Dict. of Asian American history, 1986: p. 471-472 (Rock Springs massacre of 1885; an attack of the Chinese quarter of a small coal mining town, Rock Springs, Wyo. Terr., on Sept. 2, 1885 by an armed mob of white men; mob killed 28 Chinese, wounded 15, and drove rest of the Chinese population into the hills; estimated that in the following weeks another 50 Chinese died of exposure and starvation; white miners as well as white businessmen wanted to get rid of the Chinese because they posed an economic threat to whites; apparently touched off by a fist fight between white and Chinese miners)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Guide to the Wyoming Secretary of State records
Collection
Identifier: RG0002
Abstract
The Wyoming Secretary of State records as maintained by the Wyoming State Archives range from records documenting the creation of Wyoming state government to corporation charter documents. This includes state constitutional convention files, administrative and election records, state legislative and appointment records, corporation charters and executive criminal filings.
Dates:
1869-Present