These graves contain the remains of six men whose identities can no longer be verified, yet they have long carried the power of symbol and stereotype on a remote site overlooking prime waterways in the rural West. Legend surrounding them evokes classic images of the taming of the West, with men from elsewhere drawn to the fringes of America's western frontier who ultimately lived and died here. One is said to have been killed by Indians in 1878. Another is said to have been killed in a fight in 1880 at the Foley Roadhouse, a combination tavern and hotel that operated close to the present-day Interstate highway. A third grave is thought to hold another man who died at the Roadhouse of natural causes in 1881. For many years, three of the six were identified as buffalo hunters, a label that called up the era after the Indian Wars, when huge bison herds were killed for hides, for amusement, and to eliminate the core of western native cultures. Decades later, violence in the area still recalled Wild West stereotypes, including a 1917 report in the Terry newspaper that two inmates were accidentally shot in the city jail by the town Marshall.