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Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is travel, and he seizes any opportunity to share his experiences in the most immersive way possible, whether at sea or on the land.

Montague County, Texas

    During October 1866, Kendall Lofton, who lived in Montague county, and who was on his way to Spanish Fort, had gotten a few miles north of Montauge, when several Indians came screaming toward him. He ran about one mile, and when he reached Red Creek, he left his horse, took up a little branch, and went into a small cave nearby. Here he made the Indians stand back, but he had already been mortally wounded. In a short time, he died. He was buried where he fell.

    Note: Author personally interviewed: W.A. (Bud) Morris, who lived in Montague County at the time.

    Further Ref.: Archives on file in the State Library at Austin.

The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell.

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