Log Cabin Island in 1887: Third Chinese Massacre victim found at Lower Granite dam site

Location of Log Cabin Island, the second known site in Washington Territory where a victim of the 1887 Chinese Massacre in Hells Canyon was found, is easy to pinpoint on the Snake River. The island site, which was more like a bar during low water months, was where Lower Granite Dam now stands.

Accounts of the Chinese Massacre were related two weeks ago at the fifth annual Chinese Remembering conference in Lewiston. The story of the massacre of what is believed to be 34 Chinese gold miners by a group of suspected cattle rustlers from the Wallowa Valley area of Oregon was detailed in a 2009 book...