Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 3 May 1864; Sterling Colorado: After Lt. Dunn's fight near Fremont's Orchard, Maj. Jacob Downing of the 1 st Colorado Cavalry took over at Camp Sanborn. On 18 April Downing received word...
San Saba County, Texas Tom Cavness had just returned from the Civil War and was making his home with Edward Cavness. Edward lived on Cherokee Creek, three miles west of the present town of Cherokee, in San Saba County. One morning while Tom was out...
Mason County, Texas A. Cavins, who was head boss for the Adams Outfit, was helping move about two thousand head of cattle from Mason County to New Mexico. With him were B. Ham Cavins, the Hoy Boys, and about fifteen others. Early one morning, when...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Johnnie Hale, a son of Jeff Hale, and Martin Cathey, his uncle, started to Weatherford for a two-fold purpose, and left home about the third or fourth of July 1868. The boys lived at the time, in and near Palo Pinto. Jackson...
Stephens County, Texas During the fall or early winter of 1858, Mr. Cassady had a camp on Hubbard Creek, while he was building a log cabin. Late one evening he and his men were out after logs, when they heard a gun fire. When they reached their camp...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Shortly after the close of the Civil War, and during the summer or early fall of 1865, Ben and John Caruthers, Lim Vaughan, and four or five others, were cow-hunting between the Big and Little Keechi, about three miles south...
Lampasas County, Texas October 19, 1861, Lt. Robert Carter, John Witcher, John Hurst, F.G. Morris, A.W. Witcher, J.R. Townsend, James Mitchell, Joe Manning, Simpson Lloyd, and a tenth man who belongs to Capt. Frank Cotton's company, were returning...
Lampasas County, Texas C.C. Carter who lived about twelve miles north and west of Lampasas, in Lampasas County, while out searching for horses during 1862, about three miles west of his home, was killed by Indians. Mr. Carter was unarmed and hurried...
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