Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 8 November 1874; Jericho, Texas: Two days after Grey Beard defeated Lt. Henry J. Farnsworth, his Cheyenne village of about 100 lodges and 200 warriors was hit by more soldiers. Lt. Frank...
Stephens County, Texas At one time, McWaits and Rixey lived near where Palo Pinto, Stephens, and Young Counties joined. At another time, Dutch Franks batched with McWaits. But in 1867, McWaits batched alone in Veale's Hollow, near the old Bingham...
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Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria From the book, Satanta, by Charles M. Robinson, III: Satanta wearing his Medicine Lodge peace medal and his bugle strap. New York Herald correspondent DeB. Randolph Keim remembered...
In response to the many requests for West Texas Frontier by Joseph Carroll McConnell, Fort Tours now provides both volumes in pdf format. Index for Volumes 1 & 2 Volume 1 Volume 2 You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file, if you do...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following story is from the book, Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, by Jerry Keenan. During the 1870s silver strikes in Colorado brought many whites into the western part of the state...
San Saba County, Texas Early in August of the above year, scouts of Capt. McCulloch reported fresh Indian signs and a fresh Indian trail west of their camp, which was on the north branch of the Llano. Capt. McCulloch and twenty-one men followed in...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts The 11 acres comprising the Mayfield Earthwork Fort is situated between the Buckhall and Russia Branch tributaries of the Occoquan River, its strategic high ground and water...
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