Uvalde County, Texas During the summer of 1872, the Indians killed Theodore Kindla while herding sheep for Judge J.B. Davenport, in the Sabinal canyon a short distance below the present town of Utopia. Kindla was roped, shot with several arrows...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America 1675-76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Indians in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His...
Eastland County, Texas We are not certain when this episode occurred. But since it happened near the close of the Civil War, it will be reported at this time. Mrs. Sarah Jane Keith, wife of Berry (Coon) Keith, and her two children, Halbert, and Lou...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria National Ranching Heritage Center East of Indiana on Fourth Street Lubbock, Texas P. O. Box 43200 Lubbock, TX 79409-3200 Phone: (806) 742-0498 E-mail: [email protected] Hours Monday ...
Menard County, Texas Wilson S. Keith, who formerly lived in Erath County, moved to Menard County, and, perhaps, bought an interest in, or bought the entire ownership of the old Wilkerson Ranch. During the summer of 1873, he, in company with others...
Comanche County, Texas About 1869, Peters, Kelley and an African were driving three wagons drawn by oxen and mules. Peters and Kelley were each driving two yoke of steers and the African driving mules. The three lived somewhere in the eastern...
Kendall County, Texas Kendall County Citizens Encounter Indians on Curry Creek About 1868 Lewis Deats, Capt. John Lowhon, W.D. Edge, Frank Epps, Iron Davis, W.T. Gourley, T.M. Gourley, August Knibbe, and Charlie Patten, followed an Indian trail for...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 27 March 1857; Mertzon, Texas: Johnston's Station was a small mail station on the Middle Concho River, 8 miles west of present-day San Angelo, Texas, on what would become the...
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