Showing posts with label Wyoming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wyoming. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Historical Image of the Day


Rock Springs Massacre, 1885. Even after the Exclusion Act, anti-Chinese ideology drove politics in the West. In Rock Springs, Wyoming, racism combined with labor activism, as the railroad was paying Chinese less than whites. White labor responding by destroying the Chinese community, killing at least 28 Chinese miners.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Elk Antler Blogging


Wyoming establishing a season on gathering elk antlers doesn't just smack of big government and their black helicopters, it threatens the civic identity of the town of Afton, home of the world's largest antler arch.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Historical Image of the Day


Native Americans (I do not know which people) near Laramie, Wyoming, 1870s.