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Show - Rough "Rough " " Riders " of 1868 Won Fame FameAt FameAt FameAt At the Battle of the Ariclcaree Arickaree Arkkaree AriclcareeSeventieth ArkkareeSeventieth Seventieth Anniversaryof Anniversary of the Successful Defense of Beecher's Beechers ' Island in Eastern EasternColorado EasternColorado EasternColorado Colorado by "Sandy Sandy " " Forsyth Forsythand Forsy + h and His S 51 I Citizen Scouts Ag Against inst Attackof Attack of ofMore ofMore ofMore More Than 600 Indians Recalls One of the Classics of Frontier History . . . C e ) w.q wq wrc .rn rn ern Newspaper UnfOQ Un/00 Un 00 / By ELMO SCOTT WATSONS WATSONPEAK WATSON WATSONr r > PEAK of the HOUhh Itouhh ItouhhRiders Rou h SPEAK S S Riders " and most of usImmedlOtely usimmediately us immediately ImmedlOtely think thmk of th the thevolunteer thevolunteer < . volunteer soldiers led byTeddy byTeddy by byTeddy Teddy Roosevelt who whomade whomade whomade made tht the . , much pubhciz pubhoz publicize ( d dcharge dcharge .harge harge charge < . up San Juan Hill m in mCUbd inCuba inCuba CUbd Cuba during the Spam Spanish SpanishAmerican SpanishAmerican < ; h hAm'r.an Am'r.an Amr.an Amran American ( ' ! { . war of 1898 But Buthow Butliow how many Americans Amcncans Inve wive wiveever Inveever ever < . vcr heardof heard of Sandy 'Sdndy Sdndy * ' ror I'or Ior I'orsyth's rorsyth's Forsyth's Forsyths ' syth's syths ' Rough 'Rough ' Riders who whoJO , JO .30 30 . years earlier earher fought a abattle abattle abattle battle which became a clclS clas clclSSIC classic classic SIC in the annals of the w western west westrn ( ' t -rn rn ern < . < - rn frontier but whichcorn which cornpared .om om corn ( . cornpared .ompared pared to the engagem engagement engagementthat engagementthat .nt nt < . .ntthat that started ' T R " on the theroad theroad road to the White House Housc IS ISalmost isalmost isalmost almost unknownsThese unknown7 unknown unknowns unknown7These ? 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