Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 7 January 1865, Sterling, Colorado: While a large force of Lakotas and Cheyennes attacked Julesburg, more than 70 warriors raided along the road to Denver on both sides of Valley Station...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Tom Mix Tom Mix Museum P.O. Box 190 721 N. Delaware Dewey, OK 74029-0190 Manager: Marguerite Berryhill 918-534-1555 The museum houses items from Tom Mix's personal collection, providing...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria In May, 1864, Colonel John M. Chivington ordered Lieutenant George S Eayre into Kansas from Denver, with an eighty-four man detachment to burn villages and kill Indians after the murder...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps Armstrong | Bailey | Borden | Briscoe | Carson | Castro | Childress | Cochran | Collingsworth | Cottle | Crosby | Dallam | Dawson | Deaf Smith |...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps Aransas | Brooks | Cameron | Dimmit | Duval | Hidalgo | Jim Hogg | Jim Wells | Kenedy | Kleberg | La Salle | Live Oak | McMullen | Nueces |...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria In August of 1856, young Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors stopped a mail coach on the Platte Trail and demanded some tobacco. The driver was wounded as he raced to make his escape. The...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Tenth Cavalry Soldiers Tenth Cavalry Creek Burkburnett (Wichita County) SH 240, 14 miles W. First called Getty's Creek, this stream was renamed by cowboys and settlers who found near its...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps (Belton) Bell | (Bryan) Brazos | (Caldwell) Burleson | (Gatesville) Coryell | (Marlin) Falls | (Fairfield) Freestone | (Anderson) Grimes |...
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