(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Items left in memory at the site of the Bear River Massacre in Franklin County, Idaho, Tuesday August 9, 2016. Research is underway to determine precise locations of the Shoshone village US soldiers wiped out in a surprise attack Jan. 29, 1863. Some 300 to 500 Indians died in the attack, making it the West's worst massacre yet the event is little known.
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