With a full and happy belly, I rolled out of Yuma Colorado, heading east. After zipping into the corner of Nebraska, I headed south and into Kansas.
Outside of St. Francis, I spotted the silhouette of a buffalo, marking the location of the Cherry Creek Encampment.
After the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, many of the Cheyenne survivors, additional Cheyenne, Sioux, and Arapaho held a gathering at this location to discuss how to respond to the slaughter and duplicity of the white invaders. The chiefs targeted Julesburg, CO, for a massive raid, which was successful. Shortly after the raid, many of the encampment headed north as the The Great Plains War began to rage.
Sadly, the same location is known for the slaughter of the last bull buffalo in the region 1887.
When I visited the encampment, the informational kiosk with information was being held up with racket straps, but I was able to capture all of the information.
