On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, ...
It's one of the darkest moments in Colorado history: the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. Today, through the letters he wrote, we ...
Witness at Sand Creek” traces Capt. Silas Soule’s life through his letters that reveal why he refused to fire on Cheyenne and ...
John Evans served as governor of the Colorado territory at the time and has been found culpable for the massacre ...
In 1941, Alton police built a modern pistol range under City Hall ...
The Sand Creek Massacre comes to mind in reading about U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, a decorated combat veteran who declared that ...
In the days after Thanksgiving, we should remember that 161 years ago – on Nov. 29, 1864 – Colorado experienced the deadliest day in its history. On that day, more than 230 women, children, and ...
Nov. 29 is a pivotal date in Colorado’s history. On that date in 1864, in what was then the Colorado Territory, more than 600 soldiers of the Colorado Volunteer Cavalry attacked a Cheyenne and ...
BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from ...
Territorial Colorado was still years away from statehood and had only about 34,000 citizens when the American Civil War tore ...