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What Happened at the Rock Springs Massacre?: Media

The Rock Springs Massacre of 1885 was one of the bloodiest cases of anti-Chinese violence in U.S. history. What happened, and what led to it?

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Massacre at Rock Springs
β€œThe Massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming,” wood engraving by Thure de...
Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (LC-USZ62-96518 )