In 1864, Captain Silas Soule of the 1st Colorado Cavalry refused orders to kill innocent Native Americans. He wrote letters about the massacre, which may have changed the course of history.
On April 12, 1864, near present-day Orchard, a skirmish between the 1st Colorado Cavalry and a band of Southern Cheyenne Dog Soldiers sparked the beginning of Colorado’s Indian War. The Dog Soldiers ...