Obscure history and archaeology of the Salt Lake City area (plus some Utah West Desert) as researched by Rachel Quist. Follow me on Instagram @rachels_slc_history and Twitter @slc_history
29 January 2020
157th Anniversary of the Bear River Massacre of 1863
Today, Jan 29, is the 157th anniversary of the Bear River Massacre of 1863. Colonel Patrick Connor from Fort Douglas led a detachment of U.S Army Soldiers and attacked a winter camp of hundreds of Shoshone men, women, and children.
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