Massacred for Gold : The Chinese in Hells Canyon (Paperback)

from streamsong

In 1887, more than thirty Chinese miners (exact number unknown) were murdered and perhaps tortured over a period of three days by a gang of local toughs and rustlers in the Hell's Canyon (Snake River Canyon) of Oregon. None of the murderers was held accountable by federal, state or local authorit...

from banjo123

A good example of a non-fiction read based on local history. Nokes was a newspaper reported for the Oregonian. Here he investigates an incident in 1889 in the Snake River Canyon of Oregon. More than 30 Chinese miners were brutally murdered. At that time in the US, Chinese lives were considered of...

from Daumari

A piece of history that deserves to be known- I always thought the Rock Springs massacre in Wyoming was the biggest attack on Chinese in America re: casualties, but the one in Hells Canyon on the Oregon side of the border potentially surpasses that (~34 vs ~25, but it varies depending on which ac...

from Daumari

A piece of history that deserves to be known- I always thought the Rock Springs massacre in Wyoming was the biggest attack on Chinese in America re: casualties, but the one in Hells Canyon on the Oregon side of the border potentially surpasses that (~34 vs ~25, but it varies depending on which ac...