H. Bromley's Books

The events of one terrible day in September of 1885 in a Union Pacific Coal Company camp called Rock Springs continue to fascinate and appall. Set off in a dispute at one of the mines by white miners over an area assigned to Chinese, what came to be known as the Chinese Massacre haunts southwest Wyoming to this day. When threats against unarmed Chinese led to an outbreak of violent lawlessness, the houses of Chinatown were burnt to ashes and its residents gunned down or chased at gunpoint into the desert. Following the riot, company officials, the local sheriff, and even Wyoming's territorial governor and U.S. President Grover Cleveland ultimately proved unable to punish even one person for the murders, thefts, and property destruction of September 2, 1885. What mainly disappeared from the record were the everyday lives of the Chinese, mostly single men who hoped to return to China one day, who toiled to bring the carbon out of the ground. In this reprint of an 1886 account of the official inquiries, eyewitness statements, and contemporary newspaper accounts of informative or inflammatory nature, the Sweetwater County Historical Museum adds both familiar and never-before-published photos and documents to augment an already riveting historical record.

Book's by H. Bromley

The Chinese Massacre at Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, September 2, 1885

The Chinese Massacre at Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, September 2, 1885

A Survey of Moulting Canada Geese in the Bathurst Inlet and Back River Areas, Northwest Territories, 1986

A Survey of Moulting Canada Geese in the Bathurst Inlet and Back River Areas, Northwest Territories, 1986

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