Article: Chinese gold miners killed in Hells Canyon are remembered in new poetry collection

Snake River Massacre (1887)

Article: Chinese gold miners killed in Hells Canyon are remembered in new poetry collection

Updated 1/9/2019

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The Oregonian presents an updated January 9, 2019 article, by Amy Wang, about a collection of poems called, "Gone to Gold Mountain." The poems memorialize the Snake River Massacre, where dozens of Chinese gold miners were violently killed in Oregon in 1887. Wang provides a brief account of the massacre and how poet Peter Ludwin was inspired to write the poems. A poem from the collection is included.

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The Oregonian

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