Samuel Hitt Elbert
Search results
John Evans (March 9, 1814 – July 2, 1897) was an American politician, physician, founder of various hospitals and medical associations, railroad promoter, second governor of the Territory of Colorado, and namesake of Evanston, Illinois; Evans, Colorado; and formerly Mount Evans, Colorado.
John Evans (1814–97) served as second governor of Colorado Territory, from 1862 to 1865. His role in precipitating the massacre of peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians at Sand Creek in November 1864 forced him to resign.
The massacre, in which U.S. Army cavalry soldiers slaughtered approximately 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans, most of them women and children, occurred on Nov. 29, 1864, in southeastern Colorado.
Oct 10, 2019 · Whether spouting Shakespearean soliloquies from a soapbox in Toronto’s Kensington Market as an exercise in performance, or appearing onstage and in dozens of television roles, actor, writer and ...
John Evans (bowls) (born 1947), Torquay footballer and bowler. Jonny Evans (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer for Manchester United. Ted Evans (footballer) (John Edward Evans, 1868–1942), English footballer for Stoke and Port Vale.
John Evans (born March 9, 1814, Waynesville, Ohio, U.S.—died July 3, 1897, Denver, Colo.) was the governor of Colorado Territory, 1862–65, founder of Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), physician, and railroad promoter.
Abstract. John Evans killed Edwin Nassar during a robbery of a pawn shop, when he felt that Nassar was going to grab a weapon and fire upon him. Evans told the jury that he had done so. During the legal efforts to save his life, he sometimes insisted on representing himself at critical times during the proceedings.
Nov 14, 2022 · John Evans, a doctor and minister who founded both Northwestern University in an Illinois city named after him and the University of Denver, was in charge of Colorado’s growing numbers of settlers and miners as well as displaced native residents as the second territorial governor from 1862 to 1865.
Dead Wrong - The John Evans Story. In an interview on death row 4 days before his execution, convicted murderer John Evans describes the attitudes that led to his involvement in criminal activities.
Apr 9, 2022 · A strongman who became famous for balancing a Mini on his head, has reached 100 world records by putting on a huge crown for his 75th birthday. John Evans, from Derbyshire, said he had raised...
