Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts
Young County, Texas John F. Bottorff lived within one and one-half miles of Uncle Archie Modlin, on the Brazos River, about eight or ten miles west of Graham, and about six miles southeast of Newcastle; and numbered among the first settlers in that...
Young County, Texas After sleeping with the horses, W.H. Steadham and John Marlin returned to the ranch house about ten miles westward of Graham, and seven miles from Newcastle, and were preparing breakfast. W.H. Steadham, Matt Brogdon, Archie...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 918-256-7133 The Battle of Cabin Creek re-enactment is a historically accurate event that allows visitors to personally experience what occured here those many years ago. Please call for...
Menard County, Texas November 2, 1831, James and R.P. Bowie, David Buchanan, Robert Armstrong, Jesse Wallace, Matthew Doyle, C.D. Helm, James Coryell, for whom Coryell County was named, and two or three others, under the leadership of James Bowie...
Young County, Texas During 1873, L.P. and Taylor Brooks, A.A. and W.F. Timmons, Lopez Conner, and a man named Stone, were building a rock fence, about ten miles west of Graham, when someone saw horsemen approaching. Since Uncle Archie Medlin and his...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The first major combat in this campaign followed an unusual pattern for engagements in the West. All too often, parleys...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Another incident a year later would involve the man whose name is synonymous with the Indian War history of Montana...
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