Nathan Meeker
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Nathan Cook Meeker was a 19th-century American journalist, homesteader, entrepreneur, and Indian agent for the federal government. He is noted for his founding in 1870 of the Union Colony, a cooperati
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The site of the Meeker massacre.
Meeker's former home, now The Meeker Memorial Museum in Greeley, Colorado
An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicts the aftermath of the "Meeker Massacre." Meeker grave at lower left; W.H. Post grave at lower right.
Josephine Meeker
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Josephine Meeker, was a teacher and physician at the White River Indian Agency in Colorado Territory, where her father Nathan Meeker was the United States agent. On September 29, 1879, he and 10 of hi
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…whiskey by prescription, but was so angry over the misunderstanding that he left the church. In 1854, Mary was born in Hiram, and three years later Josephine was born there. Meeker lost his store and property during the Great Panic of 1857. He moved to Dongola, Illinois, where he opened a small store and…
Photograph of Josephine Meeker
"The Captive" 1891 picture by E. Irving Couse. Alleged either to have been based upon an incident involving a Cayuse Chief Two Crows and an 1847 Whitman Massacre survivor Lorinda Bewly or possibly upon the experience of Josephine Meeker