Month: December 2014
The Sand Creek Masacre
It’s been 150 years since a massacre on the high plains angered a nation. The subsequent military investigations showed that what some thought was a…
A Sad Chapter in American History
While U.S. troops fought Confederate forces in the eastern half of the country, troops on the high plains were concerned about an Indian uprising. Their…
High Tensions Far From War
Most of the battles during the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River. However, today we take you to a place where tensions…