IMAGE
Battle of Bear River Monument Plaque, Preston, Idaho Item Info
- Title:
- Battle of Bear River Monument Plaque, Preston, Idaho
- Creator:
- Myrna Fuller
- Date Created:
- 2009-02-01
- Description:
- No. 16. Erected 1863. The Battle of Bear River was fought in this vicinity January 29, 1863. Col. P. E. Conner, leading 300 California volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah, against Bannock and Shoshoni Indians, guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and settlers, engaged about 500 Indians of whom 200-300 were killed, or incapacitated, including about 90 combatant women and children. 14 soldiers were killed, 4 officers and 49 men were wounded, of whom 1 officer and 7 men died later. 79 were severely frozen. Chiefs Bear Hunter, Sagwitch, and Lehi were reported killed. 175 horses and much stolen property were recovered. 70 lodges were burned.
- Subjects:
- Historic Markers in Franklin County Bear River Massacre
- Location:
- Franklin County, Idaho
- Source Identifier:
- 94
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Language:
- eng
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Battle of Bear River Monument Plaque, Preston, Idaho", Franklin County Images, Larsen-Sant Public Library, https://digitallibraryofidaho.github.io/franklin-county-images/items/pmn_03.html
Rights
- Rights:
- "In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. Materials in this digital collection are not held by University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives. Please contact Larsen Sant Public Library at larsensantlib@gmail.com for information."
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/