Bear River Massacre Site

"Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshone Native Americans were attacked by the California Volunteers on January 29, 1863. Estimates of Shoshone casualties are as high as 384. It is also known as Bear River Battleground or Massacre at Boa Ogoi. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990. Renamed the Massacre of Bear River by the National Park Service in 1993. U.S. Route 91 runs through the site in Franklin County, Idaho, a few miles northwest of Preston. In March 2008, a part of the site was acquired by the Shoshone Nation. They announced plans to erect a memorial at the burial site. In early 2008, a picnic/rest area/historic site was developed east of the highway on a hilltop overlooking the site from the north.