Canby’s Cross
General E.R.S. Canby was murdered here in April, 1873, while holding a peace parley under flag of truce with Captain Jack and Indian Chiefs. Rev. Eleazer Thomas, Peace Commissioner, was likewise treacherously slain.
Marker is on Emigrant Trails Scenic Byway (Route 139), on the right when traveling north.
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