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just like these unbelievable connections. for more information visit the author s web site. welcome to salem, ore. booktv. located along the willamette river the city is home to the state s government, is known for its cherry industry and vineyards and is also home to the oldest university in the western united states. the funding of primarily catholic education in 1961, it was so crucial to head to maine. it was called the school question and everyone knew what it meant and the question about how religious should public information be and whether we should be funding non protestant alternatives to public education. not that i set out on a mission to explore the deep dark unknown corners of florida history but as i encountered these stories about slavery in oregon and the massacre and mistreatment of the chinese these are not in oregon history books but are an important part of history. with the help of comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we bring you to th

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Remembering the 1887 massacre at Hells Canyon

Over a century ago, on May 27, 1887, a gang of horse thieves gunned down more than 30 Chinese gold miners on the Oregon side of the Snake River in Hells Canyon.

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Hells Canyon Massacre

Ron Bailey/Getty Images In late-May 1887, around 30 Chinese laborers were mining gold in an isolated part of northeast Oregon, when the entire group was gunned down by a white gang of horse thieves. Initially referred to as the “Hells Canyon Massacre” or “Snake River Massacre,” and more recently as the “Chinese Massacre at Deep Creek,” the event is considered one of the deadliest attacks against Chinese-Americans in U.S. history. Like previous acts of violence against Asian immigrants at the end of the 19th century, the identity of the seven murderers was known, but none were convicted or punished. The event was largely forgotten for more than a century. Then, in 1995, a Wallowa County clerk discovered details about the massacre in files that had been locked away in a safe, long hidden from the public eye.