On November 29, 1864, 650 Colorado volunteers under the command of John Chivington attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho[…]
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The Washita Battlefield – 143 Years Later
A year ago, Vicki and I sat on the banks of the Washita River, in present-day Oklahoma, listening to sounds[…]
Read moreDull Knife Battle – 135th Anniversary
On November 25, 1876, Colonel Ranald MacKenzie, in command of the Fourth Cavalry, led troops of about 1100 men into[…]
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The Kansas Soddy
With the signing of the Homestead Act and thousands of settlers coming to the prairie, the Soddy became the most[…]
Read moreHubbell Trading Post
In 1876 John Lorenzo Hubbell began trading with the Navajo in Ganado, Arizona. After the Navajo’s “Long Walk” in 1864[…]
Read moreHomolovi Petroglyph
Taken at Homolovi, located North of Winslow, Arizona. Petroglyph panel is in a box canyon south of Homolovi II
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