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...
Llano County, Texas During the spring of 1841, the Indians made a night raid in the vicinity of Gonzales and drove away a number of horses. The venerable Ben McCulloch hastily called for volunteers. Sixteen men of the neighborhood immediately...
The following story is from the book, Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke, by Stanley S. McGowen.
Erath County, Texas Nathan McDow, who lived about five miles north of Alexander, in Erath County, was about one-half mile from his home hauling rails, and was assisted by one son. The two were massacred by Indians and this massacre was fully...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1871, the Bevers, J.C. Loving, and C.C. Slaughter outfits were gathering cattle in Loving's Valley, near the present town of Salesville, in Palo Pinto County. J.C. Loving, C.C. Slaughter, Spencer Beners, W.J. Hales...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts The following Massacre Rocks Massacre story occurred just southwest of Fort Hall on the Snake River and can be found in the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Comanches and Kiowas including Lone Wolf, Satanta and Big Tree, attacked Captain Lyman's train of thirty-six wagons and sixty soldiers in Central Oklahoma on September 9, 1874. This...
Lampasas County, Texas In 1838 a party of surveyors and others under the leadership of Captain Lynch pitched their camp between Salt and Cherokee Creeks in the present county of Lampasas. Twenty-five men composed the party. Work progressed rapidly...
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