>https://kcparks.org/places/red-bridge-decorative-column-panels-2/Area Resident: Amache Ochinee Prowers (ca.1846-1905) was born near Bent’s Fort, the daughter of a Cheyenne chief named Ochinee. In 1861, as a teenage girl, she married John Prowers, a trader with Bent, St. Vrain & Co. For a time, Amache and her husband lived in Westport and they eventually had nine children.After Amache’s father and other relatives were killed at the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado, the federal government gave Amache a 640 acre tract of land along the Arkansas River. Her husband operated a trading post in Boggsville, Colorado, supplying travelers along the Santa Fe Trail. #KCParks” >
>https://kcparks.org/places/red-bridge-decorative-column-panels-2/Area Resident: Amache Ochinee Prowers (ca.1846-1905) was born near Bent’s Fort, the daughter of a Cheyenne chief named Ochinee. In 1861, as a teenage girl, she married John Prowers, a trader with Bent, St. Vrain & Co. For a time, Amache and her husband lived in Westport and they eventually had nine children.After Amache’s father and other relatives were killed at the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado, the federal government gave Amache a 640 acre tract of land along the Arkansas River. Her husband operated a trading post in Boggsville, Colorado, supplying travelers along the Santa Fe Trail. #KCParks” width=”300×300″ height=”300×300″ />
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Today is #InternationalWomensDay Amache Ochinee Prowers is one of two women featured on the Red Bridge Decorative Columns. More>>https://kcparks.org/places/red-bridge-decorative-column-panels-2/Area Resident: Amache Ochinee Prowers (ca.1846-1905) was born near Bent’s Fort, the daughter of a Cheyenne chief named Ochinee. In 1861, as a teenage girl, she married John Prowers, a trader with Bent, St. Vrain & Co. For a time, Amache and her husband lived in Westport and they eventually had nine children.After Amache’s father and other relatives were killed at the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado, the federal government gave Amache a 640 acre tract of land along the Arkansas River. Her husband operated a trading post in Boggsville, Colorado, supplying travelers along the Santa Fe Trail. #KCParks
March 8, 2019 /
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