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On this day in 1900, a mob of 300 white people in Limon, Colorado, chained Preston “John” Porter Jr., a 15-year-old Black teen, to a stake and burned him alive.
Nov. 16, 1900 | Preston John Porter Jr., 15, Lynched in Limon, Colorado
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1900, a mob of 300 white people in Limon, Colorado, chained Preston “John” Porter Jr., a 15-year-old Black teen, to a stake and burned him alive.