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Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is travel, and he seizes any opportunity to share his experiences in the most immersive way possible, whether at sea or on the land.

Mary’s Creek Raid

Parker County, Texas Indians Celebrate the Fourth of July in Tarrant and Parker Counties The following story by Kate Nowak was featured in the July 2002, Painted Post Crossroads. I can still remember that Fourth of July the Indians came. The year...

Mary’s Creek Raid

Indians Celebrate the Fourth of July in Tarrant and Parker Counties The following story by Kate Nowak was featured in the July 2002, Painted Post Crossroads. I can still remember that Fourth of July the Indians came. The year was 1869 and I was...

Henry Martin

Eastland County, Texas During the fall of 1870, Henry Martin, Bill Forbis, Mode Johnson, Tom Mansker, George Bugby, and perhaps a few others, were out cow-hunting on Palo Pinto Creek, in the eastern part of Eastland County, when charged by Indians...

Mariposa War

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following story is from the book, Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, by Jerry Keenan. The Mariposa War was a brief conflict involving the Mariposa Indians living in central...

R.B. Marcy

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria R.B. Marcy | Marcy's 1849, 51, & 54 Expeditions | Red River, Preston and Gainesville, 1853 | Prairie Traveler | California Trail (1812-1887) Randolph Barnes Marcy, United States Army...

Road Trip Maps

Frontier Heritage Maps Apacheria Comancheria Mountain Pacific Northern Early American/Colonial Southern Early American/Colonial Sioux Nation Historical Marker Maps Arizona Southeast Southwest Northeast Arkansas Northeast Central Southeast Southwest...

Manzano Mountains

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 16 January 1855; Albuquerque, New Mexico: On 13 January, a small raiding party of Mescalero Apaches attacked the Eaton ranch in the Galisteo Basin near Santa Fe. They raped the women...

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Michael Trevis

Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is...

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