Only Five Escaped Traditional Cache
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While working up in Almo last summer, I got stopped by a flagger.
As I was waiting for oncoming construction equipment, I glanced
over and spotted a monument that I never had seen before or even
knew existed. It was overgrown by a nearby bush and I decided to
get out and investigate it. It gave the synopsis of a little known
Indian massacre near Almo Creek in which 300 immigrants were killed
and only five escaped to tell the tale. Thought I'd share it with
everyone that made it to Almo and the City of Rocks. The monument
today has been cleaned up and the brush cleared away for everyone
to enjoy and learn a bit of local history.
HOTLINE - April 4, 1994 An alleged massacre comes under fire by
StaffEMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE WRITE THE EDITOR DISCUSSION As the
story goes, Shoshone-Bannock warriors scalped and murdered nearly
300 men, women and children near Almo, Idaho, in 1861. Now, several
historians call the massacre mere campfire folklore. Brigham
Madsen, a retired University of Utah professor who recently
researched the killing, says no newspapers or U.S. military records
in 1861 mention the massacre, and no massive graves or local
evidence exist. "It would have been the second largest Indian
massacre in the 19th century, and wouldn't have gone unnoticed," he
points out. Madsen suspects the legend gained credence in the early
1930s, when newspaper editors wanted to attract tourists to the
area. Shoshone chairman Keith Tinno wants an apology, and Madsen
suggests that Almo residents change a plaque that commemorates the
alleged massacre. But Almo locals want their 6-foot monument to
stay. Della Mullinix, the 82-year-old president of the Idaho
Pioneers group, says she's willing to apologize to Tinno, but that
changing the monument is out of the question. It's part of the
area's history and culture, she says.
This was posted as a note on the cache page so I thought I'd add it
permanently so people could make up their own mind about what
happened. I just seen it as an old sign that, at the time, was
recently uncovered and I wanted people to have the chance to stop
and see it.
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