Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria June 15, 1850; San Ygnacio, Texas: Early in June 1850, Comanches raided in Webb County, Texas, in the vicinity of Laredo, and many Mexican settlers fled to town for protection. Capt...
Baylor County, Texas The following pages contain R.B. Barry's first-hand narrative of his encounters with Indians along the Northwestern border. (Reprinted from the book, Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger). Buck Barry's Texas Indian...
Throckmorton County, Texas The following story is from the book, Charles Goodnight, Cowman and Plainsman, by J. Evetts Haley. Upon his surrender the military situation immediately passed into the hands of three colonels designated by the Convention...
Erath County, Texas During 1872, Dr. Bartley of Erath County, bought 1000 yearlings from Raybourne O'Neill. Matt Tucker also had about 1500 head. So the two started with their cattle to Colorado, or elsewhere. July 4, 1872, Dr. Bartley and his men...
Burnet County, Texas During 1865, a Mr. Benson, who lived in Back Bone Valley about twelve miles southwest of Burnet, accompanied by a small son, walked out a few hundred yards from his house in search of timber to make ax handles. Benson was killed...
Parker County, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Lem Barton lived about eighteen miles southwest of Weatherford. Mrs. Barton and her two little children were alone and eating dinner when they saw several horsemen running stock back of Sam Littlefield's field. At...
Parker County, Texas During 1864 Andrew Berry had driven two yoke of oxen from his home about five miles away to the frontier log cabin of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Hamilton, who lived in the brakes along the Brazos, about fifteen miles southwest of...
Llano County, Texas By Dale Fry For over 100 years, the presence of Babyhead Mountain, a rugged hill lying some nine and a half miles north of Llano, has given foreboding testimony to one of the most gruesome—and controversial—incidents...
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