The gold rush to the far reaches of Kansas Territory (Colorado) in 1859 brought tens of thousands of hopeful fortune seekers west from the States. Health and wealth were the ...

A group in Colorado is seeking to revert the name of Mount Blue Sky to Mount Evans, arguing the decision to scrap the name of ...

It honored Coloradans who served in the Union Army during the Civil War — but also memorialized the Sand Creek massacre and Col. John M. Chivington, who perpetrated it.

On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led an unprovoked attack that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 women, children and the elderly. SAND CREEK MASSACRE revisits the horrific acts ...

It's been 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre. More than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women and children were murdered by U.S. military on November 29, 1864.

Friday, Nov. 29, marks 160 years since the Sand Creek bloodshed, and the pain of the tragedy still haunts descendants of those who were slain and those who escaped.

SAND CREEK MASSACRE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE — An icy breeze blows up the Sand Creek Valley 180 miles southeast of Denver, rustling short grass on the barren plain and rattling branches on the few ...

My concern is that some travelers do not understand that the massacre was not performed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho, but by the Colorado Volunteers under command of Col. John Chivington.

The soldiers were commanded by Colonel John M. Chivington to attack a village of about 750 Cheyenne and Arapaho along the Sand Creek River in Colorado.

The Horrific Sand Creek Massacre Will Be Forgotten No More The opening of a national historic site in Colorado helps restore to public memory one of the worst ...