Due West

Wyoming celebrates Archaeology Awareness each September. This year the state is showcasing the Mummy Cave Site, located located in the Absaroka Mountains bewteen Cody and Yellowstone National Park. The Site provides 9000 years of evidence of mountain occupation as revealed by numerous excavations from 1963 – 1966.

SLCS has the following books on Wyoming archaeological history. Check our catalog for availablity.

‘Intrigue of the Past: Discovering Archaeology in Wyoming – Project Archaeology’ -United States. Bureau of Land Management. Heritage Education Program

‘The Bairoil Archaeoloical Project: 7,500 Years of History in the Bairoil Area, Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming’ – Cultural resource series / Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming

‘The Mummy Cave Project in Western Wyoming: Report’ – Buffalo Bill Historical Center

The Massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming

Drawn by T. de Thulstrup

‘On the morning of September 2, 1885, a conflict between White and Chinese miners over work assignments at No. 6 mine apparently was the catalyst precipitating the mob action that has come to be known as the ‘Chinese Massacre’. About 2 p.m., a mob of some 150 White miners armed with rifles opened fire on the Chinese section of town and then set it afire. All the residents not killed or wounded fled into the surrounding hills. The Whites killed 28 Chinese, either by gun otr fire, severely wounded fifteen and forced some 500 to leave town…’  – Annals of Wyoming vol. 59, no. 2 – Fall 1987 – p.17

The Sweetwater County Library System has the following titles available.

Check our catalog.

‘Chinese Massacre’ (DVD) – Main Street Wyoming

‘Incident at Bitter Creek: The Story of the Rock Springs Chinese Massacre’ – Storti, Craig

‘Rock Springs Massacre, 1885′ – Isham, Dell

‘The Rock Springs, Wyoming Chinese Massacre, 1885′ – Wilson, Arlen Ray

The Reference Desk at the Rock Springs Library also has a collection of magazine and newspaper articles titled ‘Compiled Information on the Chinese Massacre of 1885 in Rock Springs, WY’ prepared by Michelle Maser, Reference Librarian at the White Mountain Library. Ask the Reference Staff for assistance.