Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Ca. January 6, 1869; Van Horn, Texas: Several different mail contractors operated the southern mail lines across Texas after the Civil War. By the fall of 1867 Frederick A. Sawyer and...
Parker County, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Lem Barton lived about eighteen miles southwest of Weatherford. Mrs. Barton and her two little children were alone and eating dinner when they saw several horsemen running stock back of Sam Littlefield's field. At...
Erath County, Texas During 1872, Dr. Bartley of Erath County, bought 1000 yearlings from Raybourne O'Neill. Matt Tucker also had about 1500 head. So the two started with their cattle to Colorado, or elsewhere. July 4, 1872, Dr. Bartley and his men...
Baylor County, Texas The following pages contain R.B. Barry's first-hand narrative of his encounters with Indians along the Northwestern border. (Reprinted from the book, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger). Buck Barry's Texas Indian...
Bosque County, Texas
Buck Barry's Texas Indian Reservation
Buck Barry's Indian Encounter along the Northwestern Border
Baylor County, Texas Click on a topic to jump to that section. Captain Buck Barry's 1861 Fight | Buck Barry's Life on the Bosque | Barry's Life on the NW Border | Fights of Col. Buck Barry and His Command on the Northwestern Frontier | Col. Buck...
Clay County, Texas During the War, Clay County was entirely abandoned. As early as 1862, only one or two families remained in the county. Ed Wohlfforth, and family lived on the Big Wichita about three or four miles from its mouth. One morning about...
Somervell County, Texas US 67, 8 mi. E of Glen Rose The Torrey brothers of Connecticut and their childhood friend George Barnard, with President Sam Houston as a partner, contracted to build a series of trading posts along the Brazos River in 1843...
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