#155 - Long Valley Ambush
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Long Valley Ambush sign (#155) on Idaho. Hwy. 55 at Cascade.
Waymark Code: WMAT22
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2011
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Idaho History Marker #155 about the Long Valley Ambush in Cascade, Idaho.
Marker Name: Long Valley Ambush
Marker Type: City
Marker Text:
While hunting stolen horses on Aug. 20, 1878. Wm. Monday, Jake Groseclose, Tome Healy, & “Three Finger” Smith were ambushed in a rocky basin 9/10 mile by road from here.
Monday and Groseclose were killed immediately, and Healy wounded; Smith, “being a man of experience in such maters”, fled. He made it 40 miles to Salmon Meadows. Infantrymen buried the 3, marked the spot, and took up the Indian trail. Smith estimated there were 75 Indians; army trackers finally concluded there were only 5 -- but they never caught them.
County: Valley
City: Cascade
Group Responsible for Placement: State of Idaho
Marker Number: 155
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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