The Meeker Herald in the July 27, 1895, issue reported the U.S. 8th Calvary was headed to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to persuade members of the Bannock tribe to return to their reservation. A large number of Indians were roaming the area hunting game. They were granted these hunting rights by treaty, but as we have seen in our own White River Valley, that didn’t lessen settlers’ fears of violence.
Young Theodore Roosevelt was serving as…