'It May Have Started as a Battle': On the Site of the Bear River Massacre statecollege.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statecollege.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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160 years ago, 200 soldiers of the Union army marched out from their fort at Salt Lake City Utah, and engaged the Native American Shoshone tribe at its winter encampment at Bear River in what is present-day Idaho.
The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone commemorated the Bear River Massacre s 160th anniversary Sunday with a public memorial that dozens braved icy winds to attend.