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Fort Aubrey and the Mystery of the Plains Tragedy
Elmo Scott Watson recounts plans to mark Fort Aubrey near Syracuse Kansas as a memorial to a Santa Fe Trail era. The piece details Col. F. X. Aubrey, his famous 1846 ride, the fort's role as a refuge, and a lingering mystery of 22 Missouri militiamen who froze to death there in December 1863. It also explores a separate Dakota era bone-circle discovered by locals and tense debates over who these cavalrymen were and how they perished.
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Kansas
Fort Aubrey
Sunflower State
F. X. Aubrey
Felix Xavier Aubrer
Santa Fe
Independence
Aubrey
Plains
Syracuse
Kaw
Fort Dodge
Kan
Fort Lyon
Colo
Missouri
BH. Helfrich
H. T. Goans
Mr. Goans
Helfrich
Goodwin
Arizona
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Union
N. M
Company I
Arizona Historical Society
Regular Cavalry
Fourth
Missouri Militia
James A. Phillips
Peter PF. Clark
H. Butcher
Daniel Rice
N, ML
Fort Lyons
Coro
Fort Riley
Cording
United States
North Dakota
Geauga Republican Record
Chardon
Ohio
Arthur B. Towne
Towne
Dakotas
West
Republican Record
United States Cavalry
Dickey County
James River Valley
Aberdeen
Aissouri
South
James River
Confederate States
the James
United States Army
Sully
Minnesota
Buffalo Wallow
Guster
Prairies
King Winter Ig
Bofar
Weimen