CategoryComancheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Different accounts do not agree concerning the date of this engagement. According to one account, it was fought in the spring of 1841, while others place the date in 1843. Nevertheless...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 Ca. May 5, 1861; Balmorhea, Texas: After taking care of some company business at Fort Stockton, George H. Giddings boarded one of his own coaches and, with Parker Burnham at the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Ca. January 6, 1869; Van Horn, Texas: Several different mail contractors operated the southern mail lines across Texas after the Civil War. By the fall of 1867 Frederick A. Sawyer and...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Date unknown, ca. 1831; Matagorda, Texas: Elisha Flowers and Charles Cavina (or Cavanaugh), along with their families, were among the first emigrants to join Stephen Austin's colony...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 29 May 1850; Midway, Texas: Capt. John S. "Rip" Ford led a scout of about 40 Rangers in southern Texas below the Nueces River. After dividing the party into two squads, Ford...

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...

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...