The Ghosts of Rock Springs

About this episode

The episode explores the 1885 massacre of Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and its implications for memory and identity today.

In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In 2025, producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history — and to ask: what does it cost to remember, and what does it cost to forget? We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre scattered across the country.

People in this episode

Host: Harrison Vijay Tsui

Topics covered

• historical events
• racial violence
• memory and forgetting
• Chinese American history
• community impact

Keywords

• Rock Springs
• Chinese miners
• massacre
• history
• memory
• racial violence
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chinese Americans

Places: Rock Springs, Wyoming

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