Wise County, Texas Indian Captives Dot and Bianca Babb Marker Title: Indian Captives Dot and Bianca Babb Address: FM 1810, E of Chico City: Chico Year Marker Erected: 1971 Marker Location: From Chico, take FM 1810 about 2 miles east to marker...
Hood County, Texas My trip continues south on Hwy. 4 through Santo, I-20, and Lipan into Granbury. I-20W is the last chance to head out west and catch the Texas Fort-Overland Trail through Abilene. Hwy. 281S willl take you to the Hill Country. Katy...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria July 23, 1843; Roll, Oklahoma: The expedition under Jacob Snively was now reduced to about 140 men, divided into two commands under Snively and Eli Chandler. A lack of horses and the...
Tarrant County, Texas Highway 377 North passes through the "Cowboy Town" of Cresson returning to Fort Worth, "Where the West Begins." There is certainly a pioneer tradition in the residents of this town. During the long delay in...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section) Animas Mountains | Black Range | Caballo Mountains | Canada Alamosa | Canyon de los Muertos Carneros | Cooke's Canyon | Cooke's Spring |...
Most Comanche warriors never set foot on a reservation or signed a treaty with the whites. The high regard in which they were held by the military leaders was evident in the fact that few of them went to prison and Quanah became the most influential...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Located in forbidding Apache Pass, a landmark on the Overland Stage road, Fort Bowie played a significant role in the wars with the Chiracahua Apaches. Here in February 1861, even...
Burnet County, Texas During 1859, Robert Adams lived alone in the northwestern part of Burnet County about eighteen miles from Burnet. He was an ex-soldier and had previously seen service at old Fort Croghan. About noon July 7, 1859, M.J. Bolt and...
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