Image: Meeker Massacre site

Description: The sign and monument at the site of the Meeker Massacre. The monument is located along Colorado State Highway 64 west of Meeker. The text on the sign says, "This area was site of White River Ute Indian Agency where U.S. Gov't Agent Nathan C. Meeker with male employees were massacred women and children. Captured by Utes September 29, 1879. Arrow points to monument in field on the spot where Meeker fell near his office building." The text on the metal plaque on the stone says, "This native granite stone erected by the citizens of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, 1927 and dedicated to the memory of Nathan C. Meeker United States Indian Agent, who, with his government employees, was massacred by the Ute Indians at the White River Ute Indian Agency one and one half miles west of this spot September 29, 1879. Employees: W. H. Post, Henry Dresser, Mr. Price, George Eaton, Carl Goldstein, Frank Dresser, E. W. Eskridge, Fred Shepard, Arthur L. Thompson, Unknown Teamster."
Title: Meeker Massacre site
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Author: Jeffrey Beall
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