Site of 1867 Kidder Fight (Kidder Massacre)
County: Sherman
Date: November 2004
Photographer: John Charlton/KGS
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Short description: Geological Society of America field trip to site of the Kidder Fight (also known as the Kidder Massacre) along Beaver Creek near Goodland in Sherman County. In 1867, a U.S. 2nd Cavalry detachment led by Lyman Kidder were attacked and killed during a mission to deliver dispatches to George Armstrong Custer.
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