Quotes by Mark Tveskov

“Once the gold rush came, white settlement of the Rogue Valley was a quick bloom, and conflict with the Indian population was almost instantaneous.”

“If you read the pioneer correspondence of the time, they didnt like the Army officers, because they didnt play into this, Lets go kill the Indians game.”

“The pioneers were basically clamoring to kill off the Indians or have them moved out of here.”

“This was the first tangible presence of the federal government or any civil authority in the Rogue Valley. Unlike, say, the stereotypical Western vision of Fort Apache, the primary mission of this fort was to protect the Indians from the whites in that period of time.”