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Sand Creek Massacre Site

  • Also Known As: 5SW28
  • Address: Cty Rd 54 and Cty Rd W
  • Vicinity: Near jct of Cty Rd 54 and Cty Rd W
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

The Sand Creek Massacre - 8 Hours that changed the Great Plains forever

The Sand Creek Massacre: profound, symbolic, spiritual, controversial, a site unlike any other in America. As 675 cavalrymen came around a prairie bend, the camps of Chiefs Black Kettle, White Antelope, and Left Hand lay in the valley before them. Chaotic, horrific, tumultuous and bloody, the events of November 29, 1864 changed the course of history. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1864/11/29 John M Chivington American Commander John Chivington leads the 3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment, US volunteer soldiers, in attacking a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.
1864/11/29 William Henry Dickens Cavalry Soldier John Chivington leads the 3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment, US volunteer soldiers, in attacking a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.

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Particulars for Sand Creek Massacre Site:
Cultural Affiliation Arapaho
Historic Use Battle site
Historic Use Camp
Cultural Affiliation Cheyenne
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Historic - aboriginal
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Owner Private
Sight Category Site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th September 2001

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Sand Creek Massacre Site
Registry Address: Near jct. of Cty Rd. 54 and Cty Rd. W
Registry Number: 01001055
Resource Type: Site
Owner: Private, Local
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 7680
Non-Contributing Buildings: 6
Contributing Sites: 1
Non-Contributing Sites: 2
Non-Contributing Structures: 13
Non-Contributing Objects: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Native American, Military, Historic - aboriginal
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Cheyenne, Arapaho
Significant Year: 1864
Historic Function: Domestic, Other, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Camp, Battle site
Current Function: Landscape, Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Transportation, Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Agricultural fields Natural feature Single dwelling Secondary structure Irrigation facility Monument, Marker Road-related

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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (book) Book Hampton Sides Setting

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