Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Go to the visitor/education center and to the massacre site

We started off at the visitor/education center. We were able to learn a lot about the tragedy that happened at Sand Creek. We drove out the massacre site (about 30 minutes from the visitor center). I ...

Interesting, but remote, historic site

Ranger gave us a long talk about the history - interesting, but long. Signage was good too - a horrifically detailed story told in two letters from soldiers to their commanding officers. This place ...

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site - Worth the Visit

Stopped here on the morning of Memorial Day 2023. Well laid out site and presentation. The interpretive signs were very good. I doubt few can read the two with written accounts of the atrocity withou...

Isolated & Not Much to Offer

This NPS site is so far off the beaten path that I was nervous I would pop a tire and get stranded. Pretty much no service and most of the roads are NOT paved. When I got there, the only bathroom is a...

Sobering But Beautiful Look into American History

Growing up learning American history in school meant mainly hearing about heroic people performing good deeds that resulted in the growth of the American dream. This is NOT one of those stories but s...