What we know
A refuge in 1865-68 (1950 DAR marker). On Sept. 21, 1868 raiders came to Mr. McShane's house, where 'several women' were alone, and took a picketed horse after Mrs. McShane told them to; the same party burned Walker's house at the head of Monument Creek (Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 22, 1868).
Where it was
USGS GNIS Locale 193249
The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.
Sources
Sources are named in the text above. Numbers such as S-0080 refer to our source list. Most newspaper quotations were read in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. Long quotations from recent books are shortened here.