Battle of Solomon Fork 1857

Send us a text The Wild West Podcast proudly presents the third of a five-part series on the early Cheyenne Indian wars from 1857 to the Sheridan winter campaign of 1868. In part three of the series, “The Cheyenne Campaign of 1857” is the historical accounts of the first actual campaign against the Plains Indians - known as the Battle of Solomon Fork. This little-known clash with the Cheyenne Indians took place in northwest Kansas, near present-day Penokee, in Graham County, Kansas. Order Boo...