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Chief Bugler’s Grave

Kiowa County
Location: in Quartz Mountain State Park
Material: Granite
Topics: Folklife; Military; Social/Cultural

On March 5, 1869, William Gruber, the popular young bugler of the 19th Kansas Cavalry, was killed in a hunting accident while his regiment was in bivouac in the area. He was buried at dawn with the honors of war.


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