Travis County, Texas During the spring of 1843, a party of Indians made a raid into the vicinity of Austin, killed two citizens and stole a number of horses. The Indians were pursued by Captain Donaldson and a company of citizens, and were overtaken...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 8 July 1869; Laird Colorado: When Maj. Royall returned to camp from his pursuit of Cheyennes on Frenchman Creek during Maj. Carr's June-July expedition on the Republican River, he...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 5 August 1878; Alamogordo, New Mexico: Lt. Col. Nathan A.M. Dudley ordered Capt. Henry Carroll to round up renegade Indians and bring them to the Mescalero Reservation. With Lt...
Palo Pinto County, Texas In all the early history of the West, we find none so colorful as the experiences and achievements of the early pioneers, who reclaimed for civilization the wild western frontier. The little pioneer log cabins, hidden among...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Chesley S. Dobbs, one of the early settlers of Young County, moved to the southeastern part of Palo Pinto County, during the late '60s. June 26, 1872, Mr. Dobbs, who was County Commissioner, and Justice of the Peace, was in...
Throckmorton County, Texas Young County, Texas About 1872, Two Dillard brothers, who lived in Young County, took a load of watermelons to Ft. Griffin, where they attended a dance. The boys then started home and were on the old Belknap-Griffin road...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Capt. J.H. Dillahunty Near the close of the Civil War, and about 1864, F.C. Ham, Dick Evans, Bill Low, Ryan Herrington, Bryant Herrington, Spruell and three or four others, belonging to Capt. J.H. Dillahunty's company, and...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Devil's River Fight occurred 2 miles North of Juno at intersection of FM 189 and SH 163. In February, 1857, Lieutenant Hood was wounded leading a patrol that attacked five warriors...
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