Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Mission Zuniga Goliad State Park (also Mission Zuniga) 108 Park Rd 6 Goliad TX 77963-3206 361-645-3405 or 800-792-1112 History A wonderful opportunity to experience a blending of natural...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Geronimo, left, and Naiche Surrendering for a Second Time. Picture from the National Archives The following story is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. On May 15, Captain Charles...
Mason County, Texas T.J. Milligan, who had been sheriff of Mason County, lived on Comanche Creek about one and a half miles north and west of Mason on the Camp Colorado and San Antonio Road, and had charge of a local stage stand. Late in the...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During the year 1856, Willis Mills and Ansell Russell established Palo Pinto County's first store on the old Fort Worth and Belknap road, about one and one-half miles west of the present town of Graford. About 1858, Mr...
Parker County, Texas Indians Charge Fuller Millsap's Residence During 1871, the savages slipped up and shot Thomas Landrum, who was hitching up horses, near the lot at the Fuller Millsap place, about one mile north of the present town of Millsap in...
El Paso County, Texas
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. On May 29, 1879, a detachment of men from two companies of the 9th Cavalry led by Captain Charles Beyer and Lieutenant...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts
The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Robert M. Utley and Wilcomb E. Washburn.
The following story is from the book, Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, by Jerry Keenan.
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