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eo 01 an act 01 tna immature 01 mat .year autboriung th« comtruetlen of » Jmoamcnt an 1 making an appropriation of Ifuen hundred Jollara for the work. Tba euilraclora faithfully prmcuted tbair wark under the greatest diKfilliaa and aoatdlaanuraging circtimilancsa, tb* c»ii ralue of the Territorial «arrant#, in ubicb tbay wora paid, not being raor-(ban fifty cent# on the dollar. At tbi lata Bcmon of tbo I.-gialatura there wia an additional appropriation of ci'h:-n hundred dollar# m i le which enabled tbv mntrortor# to finiab tho monument which • ill for all lima to coma commcrnumtr Ihe memory of the dead In whore honor it wmi eracted, be an oroainant to tbo oitj and a credit to lit hulldera.Tba idea of erecting the monument originated with tba late Chief Jmtice John I’. Slough, who wae chiefly inairuinenml in having the firat appropriation made by th« l.r-ialature. Ilo war, a# Colonel of ibe I it Colorado Volunteer#, roainly ina-trumrntal in holding the Territory **a.nat the Ttian# at the time of tba iniauon. They had pniieuion of thn Territory couth of Santa Ke, except Fort Craig, and were marching on Fort I oioo, ulin.ii w«ag*T riioned by a force wholly Ina liquate to raalat tbsm. Col. .Slough by unprecedented marnkra In the limit inolcmant acmon nf tb« yaar, threw bit regiment into Fort Colon iu lima to prerent ill dcitruction a# m u contemplated by Col. I’ail, and •ate tie iiutnmae aupply of atorra that »«# (hr*, by marching with the regular# and vnluntoora to moot the euora; and luru item back at hgeon'a Itnncb.flavin,; bo'n Ural pronnrii'nt nnd actiT# In tbfl»orn»’# of litj- in tbi* Territory it it not itrange that be aliould bate taken n deep irlcreit in their commemoration and we regret that h*a name wai ao itodioua It cxc'.u led from Ibcinicriptiotu upon the I tat let*.S*«and Clf ttipaftnoumlReifroiJWIInn1obaan!AmamiConIn S SalanoC(he hat tor; in aIbynntontoruppra
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Santa Fe Weekly Gazette
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jun 13, 1868
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