A couple of slowly crumbling granite monuments on Auburn Way North in Auburn, Wash., memorialize victims of the Treaty War. Lieutenant William Slaughter and other soldiers, died in 1855 in an attack by native Americans. When I was a kid, this memorial was known as the Massacre.
I was always fascinated and asked to stop whenever we passed by these memorials in our car. There were the first "historical markers" I'd ever seen. They are still there, but I haven't stopped by in at least 45 years. . .
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Lt. Slaughter? Has the Sarge been promoted?
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So Ive been looking into this. The Lieutenant was reburied in San Fransisco. I can find no mention of the two Corporals being reburied anywhere. The field in which they were buried is scheduled to have a Fire House built upon it. Does the builder know that the field is a military grave site?
I went by today and the new fire station is growing. I did a rough calculation on where the three died. The monument says 125 ft east. Best I can tell that is about where the driveway to the west of the building is the spot.
Do they know that? Think I'll ask them once u go a map of it.
I found more info. The two markers were moved around 1962 for the Worlds Fair. I think their original site was close by since my research has Brannan's barn was close to the Green River & the park named for him.
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