Monument at Massacre Hill of Fetterman's Hill, Wyo.
Date
[1910-1930?]
Summary
A man and young boy pose in front of the Fetterman Battlefield Monument, a tall stone column with a bronze plaque, commemorating the Fetterman Fight or the Fetterman Massacre, (known to the Sioux as the Battle of the Hundred Slain). Red Cloud, Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux, led his people against Colonel William J. Fetterman and his troops on December 1866, Powder River, Wyoming. There were no survivors.
Description
1 photoprint ; 9 x 7 cm. (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Subject
Dakota Indians--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866; Indians of North America--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960; Oglala Indians--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Monuments--Wyoming--1930-1960; Fetterman Monument (Wyo.)--1930-1960; Red Cloud, 1822-1909--Monuments; Fetterman, William J.--Monuments.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Mr. Ernest Handke.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031540
Notes
Condition: Print is torn and soiled.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100315406
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