Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Alamo | Alamo Village | Bird's Fort | Buffalo Gap | Camp Cooper | Camp Mabry | Enchanted Rock | Fort Anahuac | Fort Belknap | Fort Bend | Fort Bliss | Fort Chadbourne | Fort Clark | Fort...
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 County Frontier Historical Markers Maps (Bellville) Austin | Bastrop | (Beeville) Bee | Brazoria | (Lockhart) Caldwell | (Port Lavaca) Calhoun | (Anahuac) Chambers | (Columbus) Colorado...
Navarro County, Texas The countryside remained dangerous. Three years later, on October 6, 1838, the Telegraph and Texas Register reported: The country between the Colorado and Gonzales is very much infested with Indians. It is not safe to go from...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps (Archer City) Archer | (Seymour) Baylor | (Meridian) Bosque | (Henrietta) Clay | (McKinney) Collin | (Gainesville) Cooke | Dallas | (Cooper) Delta...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Stuhr Museum 3133 West Hwy 34 Grand Island, NE 68801 Phone: 308-385-5316 Fax: 308-385-5028 E-mail: [email protected] Location Just four minutes north of I-80, Exit #312, at the intersection...
Coleman County, Texas Captain J.M. Swisher's Company Follow Indians Several Days During 1871, Capt. J.M. Swisher's Company of Texas rangers camped on Home Creek, in Coleman County, about five miles southwest of the Santa Anna Mountains. When the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 14 June 1865; Campo, Colorado: A 70-ox train owned by Semon Baca of Las Vegas, New Mexico, was traveling the Santa Fe Trail to the States. At the recently established Camp Nichols, about...
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