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		<title>Battle of Beecher Island, Wray, Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Battle of Beecher Island, also known as the Battle of Arikaree Fork, was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baca House, Trinidad, Colorado</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Felipe Baca, a farmer from Northern New Mexico, settled in the area around Trinidad in 1860, drawn by the good soil and river water for irrigation.  In 1873, he purchased this house from John Hough, a Santa Fe Trail entrepreneur who had built the house just three years prior.  Hough traded the house to Baca [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battlefield National Cemetery Washington, D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 12, 1864, 40 Union soldiers who died while defending Washington, D.C. from a two day Confederate attack (known as the Battle of Fort Stevens) were buried here in what was once an apple orchard.  President Lincoln dedicated the land as hallowed ground, making Battlefield National Cemetery one of America&#8217;s smallest national cemeteries.  President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blacksmith at Mt. Vernon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over several years of excavation the site of the original Blacksmith Shop was unearthed at Mt. Vernon and as of 2009 a working blacksmith shop is now in operation.  The Mt. Vernon accounts list several transactions related to the smithy, including making horseshoes, plows, axes, keys, gun repair, etc.  Today all of the forge items [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Disastrous December – the Fetterman Massacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bloody bozeman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 21 marks the 145th anniversary of the Fetterman Massacre, which took place near Fort Phil Kearny, in present-day Wyoming. Fort Kearny was built along the Bozeman Trail, although the establishment of a fort here was never agreed to by Red Cloud at the 1866 council at Fort Laramie. The fort&#8217;s commanding officer was Colonel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bent’s Old Fort in Colorado – One of Our Favorite Historic Sites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leave us a comment and tell us your favorite historic site!Similar Posts: Historic Trips for Families Fort Scott Kansas &#8211; National Park Getaway 5 Tips for Great Photos at Historic Destinations Vandalism Clean-Up at Robidoux Trading Post Fort Smith Arkansas &#8211; National Park Getaway &#169;2012 The Frontier Traveler. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering a Black Day in American History – the Sand Creek Massacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 29, 1864,  650 Colorado volunteers under the command of John Chivington attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians camped along Sand Creek.  Over 150 Indians were killed in the attack, most of whom were women, children, or elderly. The tales of the atrocities committed are legendary and well-documented.  You can read details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Washita Battlefield – 143 Years Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frontier Traveler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, Vicki and I sat on the banks of the Washita River, in present-day Oklahoma, listening to sounds of the past. This was  the site of Lt. Colonel George Custer&#8217;s attack on Black Kettle&#8217;s Southern Cheyenne winter camp -- and the scene of an event that set the stage for years of conflict, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dull Knife Battle – 135th Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vicki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crazy horse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fourth Cavalry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powder River expedition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Red Fork Ranch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 25, 1876, Colonel Ranald MacKenzie, in command of the Fourth Cavalry, led troops of about 1100 men into the east end of Red Fork Valley for the purpose of destroying the Dull Knife band of Northern Cheyenne.  The Red Fork of the Powder River was a favored winter camping spot for the Cheyenne, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Apache Cemetery, Whiteriver, Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.frontiertraveler.com/arizona/fort-apache-cemetery-whiteriver-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the military period 1870-1922, soldiers and their family members as well as Apache scouts and their families were buried in the post cemetery. Following the Army&#8217;s abandonment of the fort, the remains of most non-Apaches buried there were removed to the federal cemetery at Santa Fe, New Mexico. Apache burials were not disturbed and the [...]]]></description>
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