1. You are here at Historical Plum Creek Cemetery. This historical cemetery has over 200 unmarked graves. The burials extend 17 feet beyond the cemetery fence line. Pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail (later known as the Overland Trail) and . . . — — Map (db m294512) HM
1849 - Gold rush in California brought thousands of people to Plum Creek heading for California.
1850 - 42,000 people traveled the trail through Plum Creek.
1850 - Cholera epidemic claimed hundreds of travelers along the . . . — — Map (db m294428) HM
On the morning of August 8, 1864, a war party of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians attacked a Denver-bound freight wagon train killing thirteen men and taking captive Nancy Jane Morton of Sidney, Iowa, and nine-year old Daniel Marble of Council Bluffs, . . . — — Map (db m294410) HM
The Massacre was part of a concerted attack by the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians that ranged from Julesburg, Colorado to the valley of the Little Blue River in Nebraska. Ranches, stage stations, homesteaders' cabins and wagon trains were . . . — — Map (db m294412) HM
An early morning attack on a train of 12 wagons at this spot resulted in the death of 11 men and the capture of Mrs. Thomas Morton and 9 year old Danny Marble. The attack was by Indian “Dog Soldiers” of the Cheyenne Tribe led by Chief Bull Bear. . . . — — Map (db m294411) HM
Dedicated to those daring pioneers, heralds of modern communication, transportation, and civilization by Phelps County, November 8, 1931 — — Map (db m294427) HM
The exact location of the Sarepta Fly grace is unknown. The headstone marking her grave was discovered early this century by children playing in a field on the old Dilworth Ranch, not far from this location. It had been covered by prairie grasses . . . — — Map (db m294540) HM
