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New Monument to the Rock Springs Massacre of Chinese

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Jeff

Over the Labor Day weekend, the town of Rock Springs Wyoming unveiled a statue to commemorate the 28 Chinese miners killed in the Rock Springs Massacre. The statue called Requiem shows a Chinese miner standing in the ruins while holding … Continue reading →

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The Rock Springs Massacre and “The Driving Out”

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Jeff

When I saw this story about historical archeologists digging in Wyoming to study a massacre of Chinese residents that happened in 1885, I thought that the Rock Springs massacre was just one of a few massacres of Chinese, such as … Continue reading →

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