Incident at Bitter Creek
Subtitle: The Story of the Rock Springs Chinese Massacre
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: December 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780813814032
Subjects: American history; Ethnic studies; Population & demography; Social history; History: World; Asians In The U.S.; History - General History; Wyoming; USA; Rock Springs; United States - State & Local - General; Chinese; 19th century; Chinese Americans; History; Rock Springs Massacre, Rock Springs, Wyo., 1885
First sentence: The saga of the Chinese in America took a dramatic turn on July 1, 1862, when Congress passed "an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific."