Life in the Camp
By Brian Downer
The rail roads were growing so fast the workers never stayed in the same place for very long. They were always moving from city to city to keep up with the rail road. During their stay in the cities there was anarchy. People were dying every night out on the streets due to gangs like the outlaw named The Kid. So a group of storekeepers and rail road workers joined together to hang The Kid. Retaliation from the gang led to battles in the streets. This led to the vigilantes gained the upper hand against the gang.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tcrr-hell/
Good detail explains really well the conditions the workers were living in.
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