On Feb. 1, 1865 the RMN pokes fun at Indian rumors, forgetting that many such false rumors were credited by the paper over the previous year.
Also on page three of that issue we find the letter from the former Major Anthony turncoating on Chivington (which prompted the response from 'D.' on Feb. 4), as well as the order marking Soule's stint as provost marshal.
From Massacre to Madness on the Colorado Front Range
This digital notebook is part of an ill-fated attempt by its creator to sort out snippets of information and mangled thoughts about the tragic, shameful, fascinating and funny history of Colorado in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Robert Hurst is a native Coloradan, a descendant of multiple Front Range pioneers, and the author of six or seven books about bicycling, depending on who's counting. He does not have pioneer plates.
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