Near E 15th Street (U.S. 287) 0.1 miles east of Maine Street, on the left when traveling east.
Sand Creek Massacre
National Historic Site
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site memorializes the massacre of nearly two hundred Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.
Near dawn on November 29, 1864, detachments of the 1st . . . — — Map (db m107179) HM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
Though the Sand Creek Massacre has long passed, memories live on. Cheyenne and Arapaho return here to pray and pay tribute to ancestors who both perished and survived that dreadful day.
Ever resilient, the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations of today . . . — — Map (db m92950) HM
Near E 15th Street (U.S. 287) 0.1 miles east of Maine Street, on the left when traveling east.
Plains Indian Life
By the nineteenth century, Colorado’s southeastern plains country was home to many native peoples, including Comanches, Kiowas, Plains Apaches, Arapahos, and Cheyennes. Although vastly different in language and . . . — — Map (db m107178) HM
Near E 15th Street (U.S. 287) 0.1 miles east of Maine Street, on the left when traveling east.
(Front Side)
Kiowa County pays tribute to all men and women who served honorably in the armed forces to preserve America’s freedom
(Rear Side)
“All gave some
Some gave all”
“Freedom is not . . . — — Map (db m107174) WM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
"All we ask is that we may have peace with the whites...We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace."
Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle
As tensions mounted, Chiefs Black Kettle and Left Hand pled . . . — — Map (db m92948) HM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
”Many years have passed. The land is still here. We lived here, our clans lived here. The land here is our home - we have come back home.”
Arapaho:
Wonoo3ei’i ceciniihi’ coowoo’ou’u. Nih’iine’etiino’ hiitiino. . . . — — Map (db m71872) HM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
In the aftermath of Sand Creek, federal investigations and military inquiry took place. Dozens of eyewitness' provided testimony. Taken in Washington, D.C., Denver City, Fort Lyon, and other locations, officers, soldiers, and civilians came forth. . . . — — Map (db m92949) HM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
A barrage of arms fire was leveled against the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Amid the wild confusion, soldiers noticed people at the village “... going slowly away in a sort of listless, and dazed, or confused manner ...” Throughout the morning . . . — — Map (db m71873) HM
Near County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
On November 29, 1864, U.S. Colonel John Chivington and 700 volunteer troops attacked an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapaho along Sand Creek. The thunderous approach of horses galloping toward camp at dawn sent hundreds fleeing from their tipis. Many . . . — — Map (db m72552) HM
On County Road W 1.3 miles east of County Road 54.
For years, Cheyenne and Arapaho traveled and hunted the Great Plains in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. But in 1858, gold fever struck in Colorado Territory. Miners rushed in and tens of thousands of settlers followed. Competition for land became . . . — — Map (db m92947) HM
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