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She was buried in Linn Grove cemetery in Greeley, Colorado. [14] The following inscription on her tombstone was written by her mother: "Born Jany 28, 1857 Died December 20, 1882 Brave daughter who with me escaped foul death while captive in thy noble father slayers' hands A stealthier foe has filched thy sweet young breath
Died. September 29, 1879. (1879-09-29) (aged 62) Meeker, Colorado, US. Signature. The site of the Meeker massacre. Nathan Cook Meeker (July 12, 1817 – September 30, 1879) was a 19th-century American journalist, homesteader, entrepreneur, and Indian agent for the federal government. He is noted for his founding in 1870 of the Union Colony, a ...
The Union Colony of Colorado (also called the Greeley Colony and The Union Temperance Colony) was a 19th-century private enterprise formed to promote agricultural settlements in the South Platte River valley in the Colorado Territory. Organization of the colony began in October 1869 by Nathan Meeker in order to establish a religiously oriented ...
Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their town die out.
US 34, US 85, SH 257, SH 263, SH 392. Website. City of Greeley Colorado. Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. [1][6] The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of 17.12% since the 2010 United States Census ...
She was born as Mary Agnes Evans, and was the daughter of Verna Comer, who appeared in several films, and David Lionel Evans. Her stepfather, Hal Roach′s still-photo cameraman Eugene Kornman, adopted Mary after he and Mary's mother were married in 1921.
Medal of Honor. William Evans ( c. 1852 – November 26, 1893) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 7th U.S. Infantry during the Black Hills War. He participated in campaigns against the Sioux in the Montana Territory and, at Big Horn from July 9–14, 1876, volunteered to deliver critical dispatches between Generals ...
Isabel Fothergill Smith (November 15, 1890 – September 16, 1990) was a geology professor from Greeley, Colorado. She studied geology at Bryn Mawr College under her mentor Florence Bascom. Smith published various articles as a student and a memoir on Bascom later during her retirement. Beginning her career as an associate professor of geology ...