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JUNE 22, 2000 A little known monument marking the slaughter of 800 horses owned by members of the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene tribes is being moved to a more prominent location on the Centennial Trail, located near the border of Washington and Idaho. Army officials slaughtered the horses in 1858 after a couple of small skirmishes between the Army and a confederacy of Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Palouse, and Yakamas. It took three days to shoot and kill all the horses. Get the Story:
The bones of a dark episode (The Spokesman Review 6/22) Relevant Links:
A map of Centennial Trail: spokaneoutdoors.com/ctmap.htm
Horse slaughter monument moved
Facebook TwitterJUNE 22, 2000 A little known monument marking the slaughter of 800 horses owned by members of the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene tribes is being moved to a more prominent location on the Centennial Trail, located near the border of Washington and Idaho. Army officials slaughtered the horses in 1858 after a couple of small skirmishes between the Army and a confederacy of Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Palouse, and Yakamas. It took three days to shoot and kill all the horses. Get the Story:
The bones of a dark episode (The Spokesman Review 6/22) Relevant Links:
A map of Centennial Trail: spokaneoutdoors.com/ctmap.htm
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