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It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1990.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{citation|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73000685.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bear River Massacre / Massacre at Boa Ogoi, Battle of Bear River]|1.65&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1736547 bytes -->}}|date=January 30, 1990 |author=Edwin C. Bearss |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73000685.pdf ''Accompanying 1 photo from 1973'']|99.9&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 102322 bytes -->}}</ref>
It was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1990.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{citation|title={{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73000685.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bear River Massacre / Massacre at Boa Ogoi, Battle of Bear River]|1.65&nbsp;[[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 1736547 bytes -->}}|date=January 30, 1990 |author=Edwin C. Bearss |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{PDFlink|[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/73000685.pdf ''Accompanying 1 photo from 1973'']|99.9&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 102322 bytes -->}}</ref>


It has been proposed that it be developed as a picnic/rest area/historic site.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
It has been proposed that it be developed as a picnic/rest area/historic site.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}<br>
In March 2008 the site was aquired by the [[Shoshone]] Nation. See <ref>[[http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416777]]</ref>


It is located on [[U.S. Route 91]] in [[Franklin County, Idaho]], a few miles northwest of Preston.
It is located on [[U.S. Route 91]] in [[Franklin County, Idaho]], a few miles northwest of Preston.

Revision as of 21:53, 12 March 2008

Bear River Massacre Site
Monument erected by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Bear River Massacre Site is located in Idaho
Bear River Massacre Site
Nearest cityPreston, Idaho
Area1691 acres[1]
Built1862
NRHP reference No.73000685
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973[2]

Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the bloody Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshoni Native-Americans were attacked by the California Volunteers on January 29, 1863. Estimates of Shoshoni casulaties are as high as 384. [4]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990.[3][1]

It has been proposed that it be developed as a picnic/rest area/historic site.[citation needed]
In March 2008 the site was aquired by the Shoshone Nation. See [5]

It is located on U.S. Route 91 in Franklin County, Idaho, a few miles northwest of Preston.

Photograph of the Bear River Massacre Site, a wide, open grassland with scattered trees, low hills in the background, and a highway alongside.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Edwin C. Bearss (January 30, 1990), Template:PDFlink, National Park Service and Template:PDFlink
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  3. ^ a b "Bear River Massacre Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  4. ^ ""CWSAC Battle Summaries"". Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  5. ^ [[1]]
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