Billy Dixon, Heads Displayed on Gate at Adobe Walls and "Bat" Masterson The Kiowas next rode north to the Panhandle, picking up Satanta and his band along the way. Here they struck Lyman's Wagon Train. The warriors found themselves in a...
Stephens County, Texas During July of 1864, Col. W. W. Cockran, twelve year old son, Walker C. Cockran, Jimmy Daniels, Wm. Cureton, the father of C.M. Cureton, the present Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, and H.J. Cureton, an attorney at...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 18 May 1873; Remolino, Coahuila, Mexico: For years the Kickapoos and Lipan Apaches had been raiding across the Rio Grande from Mexico, but the U.S. forces were hampered in their pursuit...
Hamilton County, Texas Creath Renfro was born in Iowa, December 2, 1806. He married Susan McMahan, and in 1849, together with his family, moved to Texas. During 1857, the Renfros moved to a point about three miles southwest of Cranfill Gap, and...
Jack County, Texas John Reasoner, who numbered among the early settlers of Jack County, lived on Keechi about ten or twelve miles north of the present town of Graford. During 1860, he and his son were in the field, near their log cabin, shocking...
Palo Pinto County, Texas About 1864, Wm. Reasoner, and wife, Mary Reasoner, their sons, Jack and Houston, James Vaughn, and Peter Gibson, about two o'clock in the evening, were making molasses on Barton's Creek, near the present city of Gordon, and...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The siege continued until September 21, although the Indians made no major attempt to assault the island after the second...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following story and picture is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. Site of Fort Dilts 2 September 1864, Marmarth, North Dakota: Capt. James L. Fisk was...
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