Brown County, Texas November 22, 1874, Capt. Maltby's men, who were camped about seven miles south of Camp Colorado on Mud Creek, struck an Indian trail which led toward Brownwood. The Indians were followed and overtaken about six miles west of the...
Frio County, Texas About 1869, after spending the night with Bill Shores, who lived two miles south of the Frio River, Tom Malone started to the home of Ben Biggs, who lived about two miles south of old Waresville, and three miles south of the...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1869, T.H. Majors, and wife, Mary and four daughters, Lareca, aged fifteen, Sarah and Nep, twins, aged about thirteen, and Emerlin, aged about eleven, lived about six miles southeast of the present town of Santo, in...
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Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section) Recent Reader's Responses 2010 | West Texas Frontier | Previous Years Comments Recent Reader's Responses 2010 20 October, 2010, Tour of East Texas Oil Field Does your group organize tours of the East...
Lampasas County, Texas In 1838 a party of surveyors and others under the leadership of Captain Lynch pitched their camp between Salt and Cherokee Creeks in the present county of Lampasas. Twenty-five men composed the party. Work progressed rapidly...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Comanches and Kiowas including Lone Wolf, Satanta and Big Tree, attacked Captain Lyman's train of thirty-six wagons and sixty soldiers in Central Oklahoma on September 9, 1874. This...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1871, the Bevers, J.C. Loving, and C.C. Slaughter outfits were gathering cattle in Loving's Valley, near the present town of Salesville, in Palo Pinto County. J.C. Loving, C.C. Slaughter, Spencer Beners, W.J. Hales...
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