Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Historic old Fort Parker is on Park Road 35 just off Hwy 14 between Groesbeck & Mexia in Limestone county. A bit of history in your own back yard. Old Fort Parker is a great place to...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Picture of Pawnee Bill Ranch Pawnee Bill Ranch P. O. Box 493 Pawnee, OK 74058-0493 918-762-2513 Manager:Ron Brown [email protected] The Pawnee Bill Ranch was once the showplace of...
Concho County, Texas During 1872, James E. Rank and Lockhart, his brother-in-law, moving to New Mexico, reached the head-waters of the main Concho. They were charged by Indians, about three o'clock in the evening, one of their cow-hands killed...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 12 March 1867; Langtry, Texas: While camped on Live Oak Creek near the abandoned Fort Lancaster, Capt. John A. Wilcox and a detachment of Company C, 4th Cavalry, picked up the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, Bill Yenne. October 1869 found Cochise and his Chiricahua Apache band terrorizing the southeast corner of Arizona Territory in the...
Stephens County, Texas During 1872, Ben Peobles was working for Gad Miller, who lived on the Clear Fork, close to the present town of Chrystal Falls, in Stephens County. He was out hunting horses, early in the morning, about two miles south of the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America The Pequot War was fought in 1637. It involved the Pequot Indians and the settlers of the Pilgrim Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pequot were a powerful tribe...
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