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Historical Markers in Yuma, Colorado
Wray is the county seat for Yuma County
Yuma is in Yuma County
Yuma County (3) ►
ADJACENT TO YUMA COUNTY Kit Carson County (15) ►
Logan County (18) ►
Phillips County (4) ►
Washington County (3) ►
Cheyenne County, Kansas (2) ►
Chase County, Nebraska (3) ►
Dundy County, Nebraska (5) ►
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| 1 ► Colorado, Yuma County, Yuma — Battle of Beecher Island — |
| On U.S. 34 at County Highway J, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 34. | |||
| In September 1868 fifty civilian scouts left Fort Wallace, Kansas, to fight Cheyenne and Sioux warriors, on the theory that experienced frontiersmen could defeat any enemy force. On September 17 the scouts approached the Arikaree River, . . . — — Map (db m201049) HM | |||
| 2 ► Colorado, Yuma County, Yuma — Yuma — |
| On U.S. 34 at County Highway J, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 34. | |||
| Yuma takes its name from a teamster who died while working on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and was buried beside the tracks. He never saw the town, which rose in 1886 as a cattle and shipping center. But homesteaders started fencing . . . — — Map (db m201050) HM | |||