What really happened at Bitter Creek?

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Some of us may know about Bitter Creek from this TV show, but what really happened at Bitter Creek?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-7D4io1Rs


While he had nothing to do with what happened at Bitter Creek, this is a good quote from an old west outlaw:
"I'm a wild wolf from Bitter Creek, and it's my night to howl!" - George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb
 
He was the lone survivor of an Indian attack. He was then accused of being a coward and courtmartialed from the Army. I used to watch this show when I was real little.

Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded and you can't reach the roll?
 
Boss 302 said:
He was the lone survivor of an Indian attack. He was then accused of being a coward and courtmartialed from the Army. I used to watch this show when I was real little.

Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded and you can't reach the roll?
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That was the TV show, but what really happened at Bitter Creek in real life?
Something did happen there.
 
I was really curious and had to Google it. BTW, it was along the banks of Bitter Creek. That should confuse people even more now. :B_S
 
Boss 302 said:
He was the lone survivor of an Indian attack. He was then accused of being a coward and courtmartialed from the Army. I used to watch this show when I was real little.

Stranded. Stranded on the toilet bowl. What do you do when you're stranded and you can't reach the roll?
Click to expand...

I also remember watching the show with my Dad. I used to like most of the cowboy shows/movies, but one current supervisor of mine is so eat up with thinking he's a real life cowboy, it makes me ill to even think about them anymore.

:BH
 
Short version, a lot of Chinese miners were massacred.
This happened at Bitter Creek.

Here is the start of the Wiki story:
The Rock Springs massacre, also known as the Rock Springs Riot, occurred on September 2, 1885, in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming, in Sweetwater County. The riot, between Chinese immigrant miners and white immigrant miners, was the result of racial tensions and an ongoing labor dispute over the Union Pacific Coal Department's policy of paying Chinese miners lower wages than white miners. This policy caused the Chinese to be hired over the white miners, which further angered the white miners and contributed to the riot. Racial tensions were an even bigger factor in the massacre. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 75 Chinese homes resulting in approximately US$150,000 in property damage ($3.9 million in present-day terms).
 
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