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...
Kerr County, Texas During 1862, Sammy Lane, who lived about two miles west of Comfort, in the edge of Kerr County, started to the home of John Corner, who lived near the present town of Center Point. It was also Mr. Lane's mission to see about some...
Llano County, Texas During 1868, among the very few families who lived in Legion Valley about sixteen miles south of Llano, were John F. Friend, Babe and Boy Johnson and their families. At the time of this particular raid, the Johnson brothers had...
Jack County, Texas December the 24, 1868, Green, Marion, A.M. George, and Luke Lasater, had a narrow escape in the Keechi Valley, about three or four miles south of the present town of Perrin. About seven hogs had been running loose for some time...
Mason County, Texas Capture of the Lehman Children During May of 1869, Mrs. Phillip Buchmier sent her children from the rock home, about twenty miles south and east of Mason, to a little patch near the house for the purpose of scaring the birds out...
Jack County, Texas During 1868, Mrs. F.A. Lasater, who lived about fifteen miles south of Jacksboro, and on the east Keechi, in Jack County, started to the Newt. Adkinson Ranch, about eight miles north. Mrs. Lasater, herself, was riding a race...
Erath County, Texas John Lemley and family numbered among the first settlers of Jack County, and reached there late in 1854. Later they moved to Palo Pinto County and located on the Brazos, north of Palo Pinto, and lived close to Rev. Geo. W...
Jack County, Texas December 23, 1871, Green Lasater left the Lasater Ranch, and started to the country bordering on Schoolhouse Branch, east of the present town of Perrin, and in the southern part of Jack County, to search for missing horses. A.M...
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