• Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshone Native Americans were attacked by the California...
  • “The story of the Bear River Massacre isn’t for the faint of heart…but it’s a story we can learn from.”
  • In the early morning darkness, the soldiers attacked the winter camp of Chief Bear Hunter on Battle Creek, trapping them in the ravine, and slaughtered at least 250...
  • Learn more about the Bear River Massacre Site project and discover the impact of Trust for Public Land’s park and conservation work.
  • A few miles northwest of Preston, Idaho on US Highway 91 you'll come to the site of the Bear River Massacre.
  • The January 29, 1863 Bear River Massacre of 250 or more Native Americans, by Colonel Patrick Connor and his troops, occurred here.
  • Have you ever wondered about the history hidden in the heart of Idaho? The Bear River Massacre Site offers a glimpse into a tragic yet significant event in...
  • Mae Parry was born in 1919 and raised in Washakie, an Indian farming community located in northern Utah established for survivors of the Bear River Massacre.
  • The Idaho Commission on the Arts complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
  • The Bear River Massacre has been overlooked in the history of the American West chiefly because it occurred during the Civil War when a more important struggle...
  • The Bear River Massacre Site, located near Preston in present-day Franklin County, Idaho, marks a tragic event in the history of the Northwestern Shoshone...
  • Of the six major Indian massacres in the Far West, from Bear River in 1863 to Wounded Knee in 1890, the Bear River affair resulted in the most victims...
  • The Bear River Massacre in Idaho is a tragic historical event that is rarely discussed but is one of the deadliest massacres in the.