ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the comparative analysis of press coverage using archival material from searches of Wyoming Newspapers, a digital collection maintained by the Wyoming State Library, which has archived all existing state newspapers prior to 1923. In Rock Springs, the Chinese were provided with housing, while at that time many white miners lived in caves dug into the bluffs overlooking Bitter Creek, an acrid, alkaline, muddy stream that winds its way through the town. One of the most striking features of coverage of the 1885 Rock Springs Chinese Massacre is the unapologetically racist terminology used to refer to the Chinese miners. In the Western and Wyoming press, blame for what happened at Rock Springs was directly heaped on the Union Pacific (UP), which was branded as a ruthless monopoly with long tentacles that had a stranglehold on the territory and its white citizens.
