150 Years Ago Today Posted on August 3, 2013 by stevenwkohlhagen Edit August 3, 1863 Kit Carson, frustrated by his inability to actually find any Navajos in his war to round up the Navajo, ordered Major Joseph Cummings, also Santa Fe’s U.S. Marshal, to implement a scorched earth policy. All Navajo homes, crops, and their beloved peach orchards were to be burned, the smoke to be visible across the entire New Mexico and Arizona Territories.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:46:16 +0000
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