On West 1st Street at Custer Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 1st Street.
Akron
Here - seemingly far from everywhere - the Lincoln Land Company, a division of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, thought this place a likely site for a new town. It was, after all, the highest point between Chicago and Denver, . . . — — Map (db m199981) HM
On West 1st Street (U.S. 34) at Custer Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 1st Street.
1865 Indian War In November 1864, in southeastern Colorado, U.S. Volunteer troops attacked Black Kettle's peaceful band of Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek. In retaliation for the massacre and mutilation of 163 Cheyenne men, women, and children, . . . — — Map (db m199956) HM
On West 1st Street (U.S. 34) at Custer Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 1st Street.
Last Days of the Buffalo
For thousands of years, the grasslands supported staggering numbers of bison, from the giant species of 10,000 years ago to the smaller animals of today. As North America's largest land animal, the buffalo dominated . . . — — Map (db m199982) HM
