Massacres & mob attacks
Rock Springs Massacre
2 September 1885Chinatown, Rock Springs, WY
White coal miners attacked the Chinese quarter of Rock Springs, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and burning the district. Several hundred survivors were driven out of town; no one was convicted.
- People killed
- 28–50
- People displaced
- 500
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