Title: Ned Wynkoop and the lonely road from Sand Creek
Description: "When Edward W. Wynkoop arrived in Colorado Territory during the 1858 gold rush, he was one of many ambitious newcomers seeking wealth in a promising land mostly inhabited by American Indians ... Wynkoop's life drastically changed after he joined the First Colorado Volunteers to fight for the Union during the Civil War. This ... biography centers on his subsequent efforts to prevent war with Indians during the volatile 1860s"--Jacket.
Subjects: Indian agents, Pioneers, History, Biography, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, Colorado, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
Places: Colorado
People: Edward Wanshear Wynkoop (b. 1836)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1876