Collection
Denver & Sand Creek
16 records
How the city organized, celebrated, argued over and eventually reconsidered it.
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Gov. John Evans’ August 1864 proclamation
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Aug. 13, 1864
Gov. Evans's August 1864 proclamation as printed in Denver.
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Published account of the council with Evans and Chivington
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Sept. 13, 1865
Contemporary report of the September 28, 1864 council at Camp Weld.
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Report of the killing of Cheyenne people in northeast Colorado
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Oct. 10, 1864
October 1864 Denver coverage in the weeks between the council and the massacre.
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“Cheyenne scalps are getting as thick here now as toads in Egypt”
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Dec. 22, 1864
Reporting on scalps circulating in Denver after the regiment's return.
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“Denver’s $30,000,000 Scalp Carnival”
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Jan. 30, 1927
Further Denver coverage of the December 1864 celebrations.
- Archive
The Colorado Magazine, Vol. XV No. 2 (PDF)
State Historical Society of Colorado · March 1938
Hal Sayr's diary, published by the state historical society; records the December 22 return.
- Archive
The Colorado Magazine, Vol. XV No. 4 (PDF) — J. N. Hall article
State Historical Society of Colorado · July 1938
The continuation of the Sayr diary publication.
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George Bent on the spring 1864 attacks and the killing of Lean Bear
The Denver Post via NewsBank / Denver Public Library · Nov. 6, 1905
George Bent's account, printed in a Denver paper, describing the killing of Lean Bear.
- Report
John Evans Study Report (2014)
University of Denver · 2014
University of Denver report on John Evans's responsibility for Sand Creek.
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Reporting on Silas Soule and the Sand Creek Massacre
The Colorado Sun
Modern reporting on Silas Soule, his testimony and his murder in Denver.
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Colorado’s 150th anniversary a somber occasion for Native Americans who lost territory
The Denver Post
Reporting on how the anniversary of Colorado statehood is experienced by Native communities.
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Chivington honored at Denver City Hall; Jacob Downing’s remarks
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Sept. 15, 1883
Coverage of Chivington's continuing public standing in Denver in 1883.
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W. N. Byers defends the Sand Creek “sham battle”
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Sept. 20, 1898
Promotion of the 1898 City Park sham battle.
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Unveiling of the Civil War monument at the State Capitol
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · July 25, 1909
The Civil War monument at the State Capitol, listing Sand Creek among engagements.
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George E. Cranmer defends the “Chivington Boulevard” proposal
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado Historic Newspapers) · Jan. 22, 1941
The 1941 argument over naming a Denver parkway for Chivington.
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Sand Creek memorial could replace Civil War monument at the Colorado Capitol
Westword · 2020
Coverage of the 2020 removal of the Capitol statue.