Massacre at Bear River
—The Largest Indian Massacre in the West —
The four-hour fight left the Shoshone band decimated and terrified. Lodges, food caches and belongings were burned and women and children murdered. Chief Bear Hunter was cruelly tortured to death. When the killing ceased, the massacre field was strewn with bodies which were left unburied and at the mercy of scavenging animals and people. "The way they were destroyed is beyond reasoning," says a contemporary tribal member living at Ft. Hall.HM Number | tmp-895e1 |
---|---|
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 9:43pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 12T E 425021 N 4667127 |
---|---|
Decimal Degrees | 42.15268333, -111.90751667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 9.161', W 111° 54.451' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 9' 9.66" N, 111° 54' 27.06" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 208 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 2852-2918 US-91, Preston ID 83263, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
Is this marker missing? Are the coordinates wrong? Do you have additional information that you would like to share with us? If so, check in.
Comments 0 comments