Hero of Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado honored on 150th anniversary
Members of an Arapaho and Cheyenne honor guard mark the Sand Creek Massacre’s 150th anniversary at Riverside Cemetery in Denver, resting place of Capt. Silas Soule, who exposed the atrocity.
(Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)
Reporting from Denver
As dawn broke, the first headstones began appearing against a backdrop of oil refineries and rolling freight trains.
Most were indistinguishable knee-high, white, bearing spare inscriptions about those lying below.
Rhoda Hungary moved swiftly through Riverside Cemetery, home to more than 1,000 military graves, toward one marked simply “SS Soule Capt. 1 Colorado Cav.”
Published Friday, January 1, 2021
by Teri Jobe
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site would like to welcome our newest Lead Park Ranger, Kim Wentland. Kim joined our team in September 2020. Kim was born and raised in Wisconsin and even though she has lived a lot of places, Wisconsin still has a special place in her heart and she s happy to call it her home state. Kim grew up enjoying the outdoors and being surrounded by nature.
Kim Wentland. Courtesy NPS
Kim graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2003. During her last semester of college, she completed an internship at the University s arboretum, and it was there where she realized her passion for environmental education. She decided to turn that passion into a career. After graduating college, she spent a few years in different parts of the US doing environmental education for a variety of non-profit organizations. She then spent 6 years as the Outdoor Education D