Julesburg, Colorado
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Julesburg is the statutory town that is the county seat of and the most populous municipality in Sedgwick County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,307 at the 2020 United States census.
Entering Julesburg from northeast (2017)
Julesburg's former Union Pacific station is now a museum
Battle of Julesburg
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The Battle of Julesburg took place on January 7, 1865, near Julesburg, Colorado between 1,000 Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota Indians and about 60 soldiers of the U.S. army and 40 to 50 civilians. The I
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…Sedgwick). In revenge for the Sand Creek Massacre, one thousand Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Lakota warriors attacked Julesburg on January 7, 1865. In the battle the Indians defeated about 60 soldiers of the U.S. Army and 50 armed civilians. In the following weeks the Indians raided up and down the South Platte…
A painting of the Brule chieftain Spotted Tail, one of the leaders of the Sioux in the battle.
Cheyenne warrior George Bent and his wife Magpie in a photo taken many years after the battle