"Chinese Riot, an interview with Mrs. Thayer of Rock Springs, Wyoming, August 29, 1921

Mrs. Dwight M. (Henrietta) Thayer arrived in Rock Springs with her husband and children in 1877.  Her husband was employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company and also served as Rock Springs postmaster. Mrs. Thayer was interviewed by Grace Raymond Hebard in 1921 about her memories of the Rock Springs Massacre.