Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America 1675-76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Indians in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His...
Uvalde County, Texas During the summer of 1872, the Indians killed Theodore Kindla while herding sheep for Judge J.B. Davenport, in the Sabinal canyon a short distance below the present town of Utopia. Kindla was roped, shot with several arrows...
Uvalde County, Texas Indians Attack the Home of Mrs. R.H. Kincheloe During October of 1866, Mr. and Mrs. Kincheloe and their children, lived in a picket home about three miles east of Utopia. A Mr. Borland, his wife and children, lived on Mr...
Parker County, Texas During the summer of 1861, Thomas Killen, William Washington, and Sowell, hunting stock on Poe Prairie, north of Millsap in Parker County, stopped in the shade to let their horses graze. Each of them were unarmed and suddenly...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Killdeer Mountain, North Dakota, Dunn County, July 28-29, 1864 History U.S. Major General John Pope's 1864 campaign against the Lakota (Sioux) was a response to the demands for protection by...
Montague County, Texas John Willingham and Bob Wainscott were building new homes on Denton Creek, about ten miles south of Montague, and had already moved their families into this new territory. September 5, 1858, which was Sunday, Daniel Wainscott...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Texas Forest Trail Region Forts Markers, Museums and History Big Inch Pipeline Marker Title: Big Inch Pipeline City: Longview County: Gregg Year Marker Erected: 1990 Marker Location: Martin Luther King at...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Author at Kidder's Fight Site 2 July 1867; Goodland, Kansas: While Lt. Col. George Custer was scouting the forks of the Republican River, Lt. Lyman S. Kidder of Company M, 2nd Cavalry...
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