Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshone Native Americans were attacked by the California Volunteers on January 29, 1863.

[1][3] The battle site is located several miles northwest of Preston and is roughly bisected by U.S. Route 91.

[5] North of this channeled area the creek emerges from an escarpment running generally southwest-northeast.

This ravine was one of the major killing fields, as defending Shoshone warriors used it as a natural defensive feature, and unarmed Natives sought refuge there from the battle.

[1] In March 2008, a part of the site was acquired by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.