Physical
Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech TherapyJobs in
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs began as a stage station on the
Overland Trail, named after a natural spring that dried up
after extensive mining in the area. In 1894, Jack London wrote
of Rock Springs: "It seems to be a mining town . . .
It seems to be the Wild and Woolly West with a vengeance."
It's still true: Rock Springs shows the rougher side of Wyoming,
powered by a coal-burning power plant, freight trains roaring
through, and all-night truckers stopping for coffee, adding
to a pervasive blue-collar sensibility. But it's not without
pockets of culture and intellect, particularly at Western
Wyoming College. This is also a pocket of unionism in a conservative
state. In 1875, the Union Pacific Railroad demanded more coal
to fuel its transcontinental trains, but simultaneously cut
wages. When the local miners went on strike, the railroad
imported about 500 Chinese laborers. More and more Chinese
came to the area, and within a decade, the white miners felt
displaced. Animosity festered, then burst in 1885 when a mob
of laid-off miners murdered 28 Chinese and burned Chinatown
to the ground. Now on the site, ironically, stands a church.
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