SCOTT CITY, Kan. (AP) – The Scott County Commission has sued a Texas company over damage it says the company caused to a historic site known as Battle Canyon.
The 30-acre site owned about 16 miles north of Scott City is a National Historic Place. It was home for American Indian tribes for year, and it’s where the U.S. Army and the Northern Cheyenne tribe battled in 1878.
The county, which owns the site, says it had denied TGC Industries of Plano, Texas, permission six times to be on the site. Scott County Sheriff Glenn Anderson recently filed a criminal damage to property complaint, alleging that the company drove heavy trucks on to the site, leaving deep tire ruts.
TGC sends sounds waves into the earth’s crust as it gathers data for the oil and gas industries and states. The work causes the land to vibrate and shake.
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Information from: The Hutchinson News, http://www.hutchnews.com