What the records say
- When
- 2 Sep 1885
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 28
- Coordinates
- 41.59° N, 109.22° W
- Description
- incident that occurred on September 2, 1885 in Rock Springs
Rock Springs massacre
1885 massacre in Wyoming, US
The Rock Springs massacre, also known as the Rock Springs riot, occurred on September 2, 1885, in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The riot, and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by European immigrant miners, was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners, who were accused of taking jobs from the existing miners.
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