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Rock Springs Hotels

Find a hotel in Rock Springs, Wyoming. As you approach Rock Springs, you can almost imagine travelers bouncing along the Overland Stage route toward the stage station that was the beginning of this southwestern Wyoming town. Rock Springs derives its name from a large spring that flowed from the rocks. The springs disappeared when the coalmine operations interrupted the underground flow but a monument now commemorates the location.

Much of the history of Rock Springs is based on its multi-ethnic influence. Rock Springs was once known as the "Melting Pot" of the West, with over 57 nationalities having lived here. Most came to work in the coalmines, and later in the oil and gas fields. Although this was once an uneasy mixture (as with the Chinese Massacre of 1885), the town now embraces its cultural diversity.