On September 29, 1879, the same day that the Meeker Massacre occurred on the Ute tribe’s White River Reservation in northwestern Colorado, a column of 150-200 troops under Major Thomas T. Thornburgh from Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming were marching to the reservation.
-Frank
See? Once again the government shows it has no regard for its soldiers, or the cost to the tax payers.
ReplyDeleteThis could have all been avoided with just a few smallpox infected blankets, and not one soldier's life would have been lost.
The monument is on a public right of way. The actual battle site is on private property. The out of state owner will not allow access. There is a high likelihood trooper remains are present and could be recovered with modern location methods.
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