Young County, Texas R.B. Marcy | Red River, Preston and Gainesville, 1853 | Cottonwood Springs | Prairie Traveler | California Trail Most army officers of the time were beneficiaries of elegant educations. Dodge's forays through the Oklahoma Cross...
Jack County, Texas It was about the year 1867 the savages appeared at the home of Jack Cooper, who lived on the outskirts of the frontier town of Jacksboro. Mr. Cooper, at the time, was away, but his boys exchanged several shots with the Indians who...
Denton County, Texas We are not sure when Frank Coonis encountered the savages, but it will be reported at this time. The preceding day, he and his father-in-law, who lived near Greenwood, lost some horses. So Frank left home alone for the Hickory...
Burnet County, Texas During 1863, Mr. Cook herded sheep for James Boyce at the Boyce Ranch about twelve miles northeast of Burnet. Early one moonlight night, the Indians were seen as they passed the ranch of Mr. Duke Strickland. They went about...
Bandera County, Texas The Fight of Joseph Conrad and Others in 1852 During the above year, Joseph Conrad, Bob Harper, Tom Malone, W. White, W. Adams, Henry Adams, and two of the Boone boys went out on a hunting expedition between the Hondo and Burdy...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 5 March 1854; Conchas, New Mexico: When a band of Jicarilla Apaches ran off cattle from the Fort Union herd, Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke sent Lt. David Bell in pursuit. Leading 30...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Twenty-five thousand Texans volunteered to fight for the Confederacy by the end of 1861. Two-thirds of them were cavalry; as a British observer noted, "No Texan walks a yard if he...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 22 July 1863; Conchas, New Mexico: Navajo warriors attacked a three-man detachment of Company I, 1st New Mexico Cavalry, guarding a herd of beef cattle at Conchas Springs, near the...
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