Wise County, Texas Mrs. Polly Russell and her four children, Dean Russell, about twenty-two years of age, and Martha Russell, about eighteen, Harvey Russell, aged about sixteen, and James Russell, about eleven years of age, during 1868, lived on...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 25 August 1864; Alamogordo, New Mexico: Capt. Francis McCabe, 1st New Mexico Cavalry, left Fort Sumner with 43 men of Company L and 6 Navajo guides to scout for Apache raiders. At Fort...
On the left side of Highway 4, on December 23, 1871, Green Lasater left the ranch house in search of missing horses. His brother, A. M., was busy chopping wood. When Green was two miles east of Perrin, he saw eight Indians with a herd of stolen...
A few miles north and to the right of 254, past the intersection with 1191, June 16, 1871, W. B. Slaughter and his cowboys had a joint round-up with Goodnight and Loving's outfits and camped near each other on Dillingham Prairie near Rock Creek. On...
Big Foot Wallace Drive Click on the map to enter the Brazos Valley Road Trip In 1860, Nick Lee was carrying the mail from Stephenville to Jacksboro. When he failed to reach his destination, a party found his dead body victim of an Indian attack. In...
August 10, 1863, Preacher J. J. Hamilton's two sons, William and Stewart, were killed while returning home from their tannery. William was scalped and an ear was cut off of Stewart's head. The Brown family lived about one and a half miles east of...
New odometer setting at the intersection of Hwys. 199 and 281. Travel 2.25 miles and on the right side is the location of the Gage Family depredations. At 3.65 miles is the site of the demise of the Landman Family, the first victims of Nocona's...
It's not a surprise that Jacksboro Highway offers the quickest route to Fort Richardson. You can reach this shortcut on Loop 820, or you can just follow Henderson Street northwest out of downtown. Ghosts of gamblers and gangsters haunt the sites of...
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