Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria July 23, 1843; Roll, Oklahoma: The expedition under Jacob Snively was now reduced to about 140 men, divided into two commands under Snively and Eli Chandler. A lack of horses and the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria "Rip" Ford Photo from the book, Texas Ranger Tales II, by Mike Cox Much of the Second Cavalry was reassigned to Utah, fortunately Governor Runnells was able to reestablish the...
Tom Green County, Texas In 1877, Capt. June Peak's company of rangers were camped in Tom Green County, when an Indian trail was discovered. The Captain ordered a detachment to follow the red men. Marshall Gibson, Angling and about eight others...
Houston County, Texas During the summer of 1836, Indian representatives had held conferences with Mexican officials in Matamoros in Mexico just across the Rio Grande River. General Jose Urrea, a Texas Revolution veteran who now commanded Mexican...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria On July 26, at Ft. Sill, Col. Davidson began his enrollment of the friendly Indians. The bulk of the Plains Indians abhorred the idea of answering a daily roll call and refused to enroll...
Fayette County, Texas The following story is from the book, Savage Frontier, by Stephen L. Moore: The teamsters reached La Grange, and John Henry Moore helped them raise a party of men. Moore, thirty-five, was a native of Tennessee who had settled...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 14 January 1865, Merino, Colorado: During their January raids in the Valley Station area, Lakotas and Cheyennes hit American Ranch, about 13 miles upriver from present-day Sterling...
Bandera County, Texas Richard Davis moved his family to the Medina River in 1854, and settled about eight miles north of the present town of Bandera, where a few early settlers were making cypress shingles out of the beautiful cypress timber, then...
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