Llano County, Texas By Dale Fry For over 100 years, the presence of Babyhead Mountain, a rugged hill lying some nine and a half miles north of Llano, has given foreboding testimony to one of the most gruesome—and controversial—incidents...
Wise County, Texas Indian Captives Dot and Bianca Babb Marker Title: Indian Captives Dot and Bianca Babb Address: FM 1810, E of Chico City: Chico Year Marker Erected: 1971 Marker Location: From Chico, take FM 1810 about 2 miles east to marker...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria
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The following is from the book, Texas, The Dark Corner of the Confederacy, by B.P. Gallway:
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria August 1, 1847; Pawnee Rock, Kansas: Lt. Christopher "Kit" Carson departed Fort Leavenworth on 17 July to deliver dispatches from President James K. Polk to Col. Sterling Price...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. 18 December 1876: Col. Nelson A. Miles sent out battalions of his 5th Infantry to scour the Missouri and...
Bexar County, Texas Henry W. Karnes, in command of twenty-one fearless frontiersmen, camped on the Seco, August 10, 1838, was suddenly attacked by two hundred mounted Comanches. Although outnumbered about ten to one, the Texans stood well their...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria May 12, 1854; Falfurrias, Texas: After Lt. George B. Cosby and eleven men of Companies F and I, Mounted Rifles, fought Lipan Apaches in the 5 May 1854 Lake Trinidad Battle, Cpl. William...
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