NoCo IMRG Chapter Member Beecher Island Battlefield Ride This ride will take us to the Beecher Island Battlefield in Wray, CO. The Battle of Beecher Island was an armed conflict between elements of the United States Army and several of the Plains Native American tribes in September 1868. Beecher Island, on the Arikaree River, then known as part of the North Fork of the Republican River, near present-day Wray, CO was named afterwards for Lieutenant Fredrick H. Beecher, an army officer killed during the battle. This ride will be around 380 miles round trip, and of course, will very much...