Surviving Chinese immigrants in Rock Springs flee…
September 1885 CE
Surviving Chinese immigrants in Rock Springs flee in the days following the riot and are picked up by Union Pacific trains.
By September 5, almost all survivors are in Evanston, Wyoming, one hundred miles (one hundred and sixty kilometers) west of Rock Springs.
Once there, they are subjected to threats of murder and other crimes; Evanston is another area in Wyoming where anti-Chinese sentiment is high.
Two companies of the United States Army's 7th Infantry arrive on September 5, 1885.
One company, under the command of a Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, is stationed in Evanston, Wyoming; the other, under a Colonel Chipman, is stationed in Rock Springs.
At Camp Murray, Utah Territory, Colonel Alexander McDowell McCook is ordered to augment the garrison sent to Wyoming with six more companies.