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unusual facts about Colorado National Guard



1880 Michigan Wolverines football team

Chase later became a general and commander of the Colorado National Guard in two of the most significant confrontations between American military forces and organized labor – the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903–1904 and the Ludlow Massacre of April 1914.

Albert McIntire

In 1896 Governor McIntire sent the Colorado National Guard to Leadville due to violence at the Coronado Mine during a strike by the Western Federation of Miners.

Klas August Linderfelt

He joined the Colorado National Guard and was one of the commanders at the Ludlow Massacre, noted for his aggression and profanity and for assaulting and allegedly murdering strike leader Louis Tikas.

Philip S. Van Cise

From 1910 to 1914, he was a member of the Colorado National Guard, where he attained the rank of captain.


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