Throckmorton County, Texas Before the war, Mrs. Dodson built an excellent frontier home near the mouth of King's Creek, in Stephens County. She had her African slaves plant a hedge of bois d' arc timber under the banks of the Clear Fork. Mrs...
San Saba County, Texas Capt. John Williams' Men Encounter Indians Near Richland Springs During November of 1858, John Burns was hauling supplies to Capt. John Williams' company of rangers, who were camped in Bowsers Bend on the Colorado in the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts East Main Street at Capital Avenue Phone (502) 564-1792 E-mail [email protected] The Kentucky Historical Society’s campus, located in downtown Frankfort, Kentucky, includes the...
Jack County, Texas We are not certain when this massacre occurred. But since it happened sometime during the sixties, it will be reported at this time. Isaac F. Knight, according to reports, was guarding horses on the J.B. Earhart ranch, near the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Lac qui Parle Mission P.O. Box 303 Montevideo, MN 56265 Phone: 320-269-7636 E-mail: [email protected] Learn about life at this pre-territorial mission, the development of the Dakota...
Bosque County, Texas During the same day, and at some time in the evening, the Indians charged and killed James Knight. He was working for John Pancake and Wm. Babb, who lived on Neil's Creek, about four miles south of Cranfill Gap. This young man...
Clay County, Texas False and Determined Ideas Lead Goddleck Koozer to His Grave About 1870, Goodleck Koozer, a quaker from Illinois, and his family passed through Montague, on their way to establish a colony in Clay County while the Indians were as...
Mason County, Texas During 1866 the Indians captured Adolph Korn, son of Lewis Korn, of San Antonio. At the time, Adolph Korn was herding sheep and staying with August Laisester in Loyal Valley about eighteen miles southeast of Mason. Adolph was...
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