Parker County, Texas About 1867, Jack Coldwell, Sam Leonard, J.W. Miller, C.G. Cogbourne, Frank Smith, and perhaps a few others, while out scouting, struck an Indian trail somewhere in the northern part of Parker County. This trail was followed...
Eastland County, Texas Lewis Coffer was having chills, and sick in bed. So when James Temple, brother of Mrs. Lewis Coffer, came in one morning, she asked him to go see about the horses that had not been seen for two or three days. When he came in...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The decisive battle of the Coeur d'Alene War would come two weeks later, on September 1, 1858, on the flat plains west of...
Back to Confederate Era
Blockade Runner
Francis Richard Lubbock
Confederate Era
Kimble County, Texas During 1871, about sixteen Indians approached the home of Nick Coalson, who lived on Copperas Creek, about fifteen miles west and north of Junction. Nick Coalson and Charlie Mann were away hunting and Frank Harris gardening a...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria June 1, 1882; Cloverdale, New Mexico: In April 1882 Apache chief Loco and several hundred Chiricahuas broke out from the San Carlos Agency, killing about forty settlers on their way to...
Bandera County, Texas During the fall of 1866, Thomas Click, who was on his way from Bandera to the Huffman Ranch, about six miles west of town, was killed by Indians at the crossing of the Medina. He was unarmed, lanced, stripped, and found by his...
Brown County, Texas During the early part of 1875, Creed M. Click had been staying with Capt. Maltby's company of Texas Rangers on Mud Creek, but decided to go to the home of Charlie Washburne. Shortly afterwards, while Creed M. Click, Charlie...
Recent Comments