New Highway Sign Informs Travelers
December 12, 2003
The deed to the former Dawson property within the Sand Creek Massacre Site will be transferred from Southwest Entertainment, Inc. to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, in a signing ceremony at the Massacre Site. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are inviting many federal, state, tribal and local officials, as well as members of the community. The signing ceremony will be followed by a meal at the Community Center at 3:30 p.m., with the public invited to attend. The transfer of the deed will be a major step forward in the process of formally establishing the National Historic Site.
In the effort to keep travelers to the area informed about the status of the site, a new highway sign has been installed at the intersection of highways 287 and 96, letting people know that the site is not yet open to the public. The sign was placed there instead of at the intersection of 96 and the Monument Road to help deter curious motorists from driving up the Monument Road and to cut down on the amount of potential trespassing onto the site. An additional sign may be placed at the east end of highway 96 to inform traffic coming from that direction. The National Park Service thanks CDOT representatives Ted Dolph, Carl Buford and Sam Pisciotta for their kind assistance with the sign installation project.
