by Kimberly | Jun 24, 2023 | History
Modern day Sand Creek Massacre location, near Eads, Colorado On June 24, 1864 Colorado governor, John Evans, ordered the Native Americans living in the eastern Colorado territory to Sand Creek. Evans wanted to get rid of the Indians as part of his plan to increase his...
by Kimberly | May 10, 2023 | History
On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah to drive the last spike into the rail line that would connect the east and the west. The project to connect the east and west coasts started 16 years before...
by Kimberly | Apr 2, 2023 | History
WANTED Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week. On April 3, 1860, a rider set out from St. Joseph, Missouri, heading west. At the exact time, roughly one thousand eight...