Byers Branch Library In Denver Renamed Due To William Byers' Support Of The Sand Creek Massacre In 1860s

By Marissa Armas, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS) – The Byers Branch of the Denver Public Library on the 600 block Santa Fe Drive has a new namesake. It now honors a leader in Denver Native American community instead.

On Thursday, the library renaming committee voted to change the name from Byers Branch Library to the Thunderbird Man Branch after John Emhoolah Jr., who was a Korean war vet and a Denver Native American activist.

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