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- BEAR_060604_01.JPG: Utah & Northern Railway:
One mile south and directly west of this highway, an old 1878 railroad grade still is visible although trains have not used it since 1890.
Jay Gould -- a nationally prominent financier, and Union Pacific owner -- extended Utah and Northern service north from Franklin to Montana by 1880. A narrow gauge line until 1887, it helped build up Cache Valley and accounted for many new Idaho cities and towns farther north. But small, wood-burning locomotives had a hard time ascending this hill. After a more direct route 4 miles west of here was completed, service north of Preston was abandoned on this grade.
- BEAR_060604_04.JPG: Bear River Massacre:
Very few Indians survived an attack here when P.E. Connor's California Volunteers trapped and destroyed a band of Northwestern Shoshoni.
Friction between local Indians and white travelers along this route led Connor to set out on a cold winter campaign. More than 400 Shoshoni occupied a winter camp that offered ideal protection in Battle Creek Canyon. But they suffered a military disaster unmatched in western history when Connor's Force struck at daybreak, January 29, 1863.
- BEAR_060604_25.JPG: The Battle of Bear River was fought in the vicinity January 29, 1863.
Col. P.E. Connor, leading 300 California Volunteers from Camp Douglas, Utah, against Bannock and Shoshone Indians guilty of hostile attacks on emigrants and settlers, engaged about 500 Indians of whom 250 to 300 were killed or incapacitated, including about 90 combatant women and children. 14 soldiers were killed, 4 officers and 49 men wounded, of whom 1 officer and 7 men died later. 79 were severely frozen. Chiefs Bear Hunter, Sagwitch, and Lehi were reported killed, 175 horses and much stolen property were recovered, 70 lodges were burned.
- BEAR_060604_28.JPG: Pioneer Women:
Attacks by Indians on the peaceful inhabitants of this vicinity led to the final battle here January 29, 1863. The conflict occurred in deep snow and bitter cold. Scores of wounded and frozen soldiers were taken from the battlefield to the Latter Day Saint community of Franklin. Here, pioneer women, trained through trials and necessity of frontier living, accepted the responsibility of caring for the wounded until they could be removed to Camp Douglas, Utah. Two Indian women and three children, found alive after the encounter, were given homes in Franklin.
- Wikipedia Description: Bear River massacre
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The Bear River Massacre, also called the Battle of Bear River and the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place on January 29, 1863, between the United States Army and the Shoshone Indians at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek (now Battle Creek) near Preston in present day Franklin County, Idaho. The detachment of the U.S. Army was led by Col. Patrick Edward Connor as a part of the Bear River Expedition against Shoshone Chief Bear Hunter.
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