The Rock Springs massacre Killing , also known as the Rock Springs Riot , occurred Presence on September 2 , 1885 , in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs in Sweetwater County , Wyoming .

Most Chinese immigrants to Wyoming Territory took Getting jobs with the railroad at first , but many ended up Process_end employed Employment in coal mines owned by the Union Pacific Railroad .

They escorted Patrolling the surviving Chinese miners , most of whom had fled Escaping to Evanston , Wyoming , back to Rock Springs a week after the riot Violence .

In Rock Springs , the local newspaper endorsed Response the outcome of the riot Violence , while in other Wyoming newspapers , support Supporting for the riot was limited Limiting to sympathy for the causes Causation of the white miners .

The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Catastrophe occurred Presence on Friday , May 16 , 1986 , in Cokeville , Wyoming , United States , when former town marshal David Young , 43 , and his wife Doris Young , 47 , took Conquering 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School .

While similar in circumstance and casualties to the Wagon Box Fight , which took place Process_start the next day near Fort Phil Kearny , Wyoming , this engagement has not received Receiving as much attention by historians .

Many groups joined Becoming_a_member by also organizing Arranging other events for the weekend , which coincided with National Coming Out Day on October 11 and marked Recording eleven years since the beating Bodily_harm and murder Committing_crime of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard , which prompted Causation national attention and action to expand Expansion hate crime laws .

The Johnson County War , also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War , was a range conflict that took place in Johnson County , Wyoming from 1889 to 1893 .

The Johnson County War , also known as the War on Powder River and the Wyoming Range War , was a range conflict that took place in Johnson County , Wyoming from 1889 to 1893 .

The Seneca were angered by accusations that they had committed Commitment atrocities at the Battle of Wyoming , and the colonists ' recent destruction of their forward bases of operation at Unadilla , Onaquaga , and Tioga .

He was not present at Wyoming — although many thought he was — and he actively sought to minimize Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the atrocities that took place Process_start at Cherry Valley .