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A small room is devoted to pictures and information about the town, Nathan C. Meeker and his family. The pictures you see below are of Nathan C. Meeker and his daughter, Josephine Meeker, who was captured by the Utes during the Meeker Massacre.
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www.meekercolorado.com/museum.htm
www.meekercolorado.com/museum.htm
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Nathan Meeker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathanial C. Meeker (July 12, 1817-October 30, 1879) was a 19th century U.S. journalist, homesteading entrepreneur, and Indian agent for the federal government. He is noted for his founding in 1870 o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Meeker
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Chief Ouray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chief Ouray (c. 1833–August 24, 1880) was a Native American leader of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe of modern-day Utah and Colorado. Ouray was born in what is now New Mexico. According to ora...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Ouray
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In March 1878, Nathan Meeker was appointed as Indian Agent of the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. A follower of Charles Fourier, Meeker was a strong advocate of cooperative farming. ... This became known as the Meeker Massacre.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWmeekerM.htm
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WWmeekerM.htm
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He was later to lose his life in this spot during the Meeker Massacre which took place on September 29, 1879. During the massacre, the Ute Indians destroyed the Agency on the White River, killing Indian Agent Meeker and ten male civilian employees.
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www.coloradoresort.com/region/mknathan.asp
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In the spring of 1878 Nathan C. Meeker was appointed agent at White River in northwestern Colorado. Meeker proved a poor choice, especially for White River, where tensions were running particularly high. ... Story of the Meeker Massacre...
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www.forttours.com/pages/meekermassacre.asp
www.forttours.com/pages/meekermassacre.asp
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There were hundreds of battles between the Indians and the U.S. Military ... Meeker Massacre (1879) - With the possible exception of the Ghost Dance outbreak of the Sioux in 1890, the massacre was probably the most violent expression of Indian resentment toward the reservation system.
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www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-IndianWarsBattles-2.html
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The Nathan Meeker Massacre in which Indian Agent Nathan Meeker and all of his staff were killed was a gruesome event hard to imagine. This should have displayed a hard lesson to us all...
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www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/mee...
www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/meeker_nathon/meeker_nathon.html
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The Ute uprising of 1879 began at this site, the location of the White River Agency and the scene of the Meeker Massacre. With the possible exception of the Ghost Dance outbreak of the Sioux in 1890, the massacre was probably the most violent expression of Indian resentment toward the reservation system.
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www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/soldier/sitec3.htm
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