Tag: “Sand Creek Massacre”

16 places found.

  1. Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

    One of the newest sites in the US National Parks system, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is the location of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 where Colonel Chivington and the First Colorado Calvary, Third Colorado Calvary, and First New Mexico Volunteers slaughtered 150-200 Native Americans, mostly women, children, and the elderly.

  2. Bixby Creek Bridge

    No journey to Big Sur would be complete without a stop to admire the elegant 1932 single arch design of Bixby Creek Bridge in its idyllic California coastline setting, thirteen miles south of Carmel.

    You can read all about it at:

    http://www.beachcalifornia.com/bixby.html

  3. Falafel's Drive In

    Open since 1966, Falafel's Drive In is a casual, quick service restaurant with a couple indoor seats and a few picnic tables out front. The menu includes basics like hot dogs and hamburgers, but you'd be crazy to miss out on the Middle Eastern specialities including Falafel, Hummos and Tabbouleh.

  4. Fraser Island

    Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. This is a great place to take a tour or to rent a four-wheel drive and explore the island.

  5. Carilo

    A little beach town on the atlantic in Argentina, about 4.5 hours from Buenos Aires

  6. Mission Creek

    Mission Creek is really more of a canal -- a former creek. The land around it was originally marsh, and was developed in to railyards and shipyards.

  7. White Sands National Monument

    white sands is a national monument in southern new mexico...it's filled with incredible pure white sand dunes and has been described as "like snow, but not" by locals...

  8. black sand beach in Santorini

  9. Quilceda Creek, WA

    This is a tide water creek that flows into Puget Sound near downtown Marysville WA just east of I-5 Marysville 4th Street exit.

  10. Farafra

    The Farafra Oasis (Arabic: الفرافرة) is the smallest oasis located in Western Egypt, near latitude 27.06° North and longitude 27.97° East. It is located in the Libyan Desert, approximately mid-way between Dakhla and Bahariya.

    Farafra has an estimated 5,000 inhabitants (2002) living witin its single village and is mostly inhabited by the local Bedouins.