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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

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Address: PO Box 249
Eads, CO 81036
Phone: 719-438-5916;
Fax: 719-438-5410;
Web: www.nps.gov/sand/
Size: The National Park Service has acquired 920 acres within the authorized boundary, while the remainder of the 12,583 acres of land is under private and state ownership.
Established: Authorized on November 7, 2000, but will not be established until the NPS acquires enough land to provide for the preservation, commemoration, and interpretation of the Sand Creek Massacre. The NPS is working in partnership with The Conservation Fund, the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, Kiowa County, and the State of Colorado towards establishment of the site.
Location: Along the banks of Big Sandy Creek in Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado. The southern boundary of the site is 20 miles northeast of Eads and 10 miles north of Chivington.
Facilities: Not open to the public.
Special Features: On November 29, 1864, Colonel John M. Chivington led approximately 700 U.S. volunteer soldiers to a village of about 500 Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped along the banks of Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado. Although the Cheyenne and Arapaho people believed they were under the protection of the U.S. Army, Chivington's troops attacked and killed about 150 people, mainly women, children, and the elderly. Ultimately, the massacre was condemmed following three federal investigations.

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