Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria American Ranch | Bent's Old Fort | Big Timber | Blackwater Spring | Cedar Canyon | Chicosa Arroyo | Dog Creek | Eayre's Fight | Fishers Peak | Fort Collins | Fort Garland | Fort Lyon |...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Ca April 14, 1853; Graham, Texas: In the spring of 1853, Capt. Henry H. Sibley commanded Fort Croghan on Hamilton Creek, fourteen miles above its junction with the Colorado River. In...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria August 25, 1887; Rangely, Colorado:Although the Utes had been removed from northwest Colorado to a reservation in Utah, they continued to hunt in Colorado. Among the hunters was Colorow...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts Picture of Clearwater River Battle Site from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. By the beginning...
Taylor County, Texas T.W. Clark, E. Charles Suggs, Tom Amberson, Addie Lynn and Jim Ratliff, who were camped on Indian Creek about seven miles southwest of Brownwood, started out on the range and had gone only a short distance north, when they came...
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Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria October 1866; Brownwood, Texas: About 16 miles southwest along the road from Comanche to San Saba, Texas, ranchers Larkin Stone, Frank Brown, John Roach, and another man were attacked by...
Palo Pinto County, Texas The following story is Captain R.B. Barry's first hand account of his Ranger duties from the book, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger. On one occasion Captain Peter Garland, who was following an Indian trail...
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