The Big Pond swing station was located on Bitter Creek about 12 miles to the west of the La Clede station. Some remains of the station can be seen to the east of Bitter Creek Road next to the dry lake. . The station was constructed of flat slabs of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps Andrews | Crane | Crockett | Ector | Edwards | Glasscock | Kimble | Kinney | Loving | Martin | Maverick | Midland | Pecos | Reagan | Reeves |...
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 |...
Texans' Service in the Civil War
Map from the book, Texas Flags, by Robert Maberry, Jr.
The following story is from the book, Gone to Texas, by Randolph B. Campbell.
Confederate Era
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 |...
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Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America On October 4, 1813, some of Tecumseh’s warriors try to slow down the advancing American troops at the forks of the Thames. The Natives demolish the upper part of the...
Real County, Texas During the fall of 1859, Lewis Thompson, who lived at the Patterson and Leaky Mills, where the town of Leaky now stands, started to Uvalde with a load of new lumber, made of the beautiful cypress timber of that section. He was...
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