Close up view of a marker that commemorates the Sand Creek Massacre in which United States troops killed some 200 Native Americans (Cheyenne and Arapaho), two thirds of whom were women and children, Kiowa County, Colorado. The marker consists of a wedge shaped piece of granite that is on a rectangular piece of concrete. The marker reads: "Sand Creek Battle Ground Nov. 29 & 30 1864".
Description
1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Subject
Arapaho Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County; Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Kiowa County; Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864--Monuments; Kiowa County (Colo.); Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (Colo.); Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Kiowa County
Format-Medium
Photograph
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: ZZR710032034
Notes
Formerly F30293.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100320346
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