Jack County, Texas About 1873, Lauderdate who had been to Weatherford and unloaded his supplies during the preceding day, left his home in the morning to return the borrowed wagon and horse to the home of Wilburn Brummett, a neighbor, who lived...
Palo Pinto County, Texas About 1861, the above gentlemen stopped for the night, a few miles northwest of the present city of Strawn, in an old log house, built and formerly occupied by Dicky Lloyd. In the mid-hours of night, the peculiar action of...
Captain Jack History Established as a national monument chiefly for its geological and scientific value, Lava Beds is also significant as the principal battleground of the Modoc War of 1872-73. In a twisted, almost impregnable volcanic fortress that...
Comanche County, Texas During 1874, Robert Leslie told his wife to prepare an early breakfast, for he had to attend court in Comanche. Shortly afterwards, he left his residence, which was about nine miles northeast of Comanche, and went out about...
Jack County, Texas Josh Lawrence, who also lived on Carroll's Creek, shortly after Lauderdate was massacred, was out one damp, foggy morning, a short distance from his house, searching for the milk cows. He was also murdered by Indians. Lawrence was...
Jack County, Texas Two brothers named Lewis, one whose whiskers were red and the other black, together with the latter's family, stopped at Ham's stage stand, fourteen miles from Jacksboro. The wife of the black whiskered brother was a Mexican, and...
Uvalde County, Texas John Leaky and Others Fight in 1858 During the above year, Wilson O'Bryant drove his family over to visit his son-in-law, George Thompson, who then lived about four miles above the present city of Utopia. During the night they...
Brown County, Texas About the time, or shortly after the killing of Creath and Francis Renfro, the Indians also massacred William Lewis in Brown County. John H. Christman and William Lewis, who were warm friends, moved from Arkansas to Coryell...
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