Massacre in Rock Springs

September 2, 1885, Rock Springs , Wyoming ( horrible music warning ). A mining town on the frontier, the Rock Springs of 1885 was consumed with race and labor tensions, and witnessed an unparalleled event during the history of Chinese-Americans in the U.S. west. The little known Rock Springs Massacre, was perpetuated by white miners on Chinese miners and left at least 28 of the latter dead and dismembered. The slaughter was fueled mostly by racial prejudice but an ongoing labor dispute involving Union Pacific’s coal company also played a significant role. The Chinese miners that survived described a harrowing scene : "Some of the Chinese were killed at the bank of Bitter Creek, some near the railroad bridge, and some in “Chinatown.â€� After having been killed, the dead bodies of some were carried to the burning buildings and thrown into the flames. Some of the Chinese who had hid themselves in the houses were killed and their bodies burned; some, wh...