Palo Pinto County, Texas Dick, James, Campbell, Jerry, George Jowell, Beall Locke, and Ben Foster, on the 8th of November, 1870 were hunting cattle in the Turkey Creek country, six or seven miles northwest of the present city of Mineral Wells. Beall...
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 ...
Kimble County, Texas Mrs. Lafe McDonald, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Joy, who lived on James Peak, he came upon a wounded Indian, lying near the edge of the river about fifteen miles west of Harper in Kimble County, was staying with her parents...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 2 February 1865, Julesburg, Colorado: A month after the January attack on Julesburg, the Cheyenne and Lakota raiders hit the town again before leaving the area and heading for the Powder...
Kendall County, Texas F.C. Kaiser Shoots Indian in the Temple October 28, 1868, Indians were discovered on the Ammon ranch in Kendall county, about eight miles northeast of Boerne. So a messenger was sent to the Currey Creek Community. F.C. Kaiser...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Baca's Wagon Train | Bear Creek | Bear Creek Redoubt | Beaver Creek | Big Bushes | Cimarron Crossing 1 | Cimarron Crossing 2 | Comanches and Allies Battle Osages | Cow Creek | Davis's...
Karnes Comanche Fight, November, 1839 Colonel Karnes relied on his young scout, John Coffee Hayes, to find the renegade Comanches on November 1, 1839, a few miles from present-day Fredericksburg. The enemy was sited. John Coffee Hays Hays wrote: ...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1872, H.G. Taylor, Huse Bevers, P.J. Taylor, John McLaren, Lidge Maddox, and others started over the trail with the Taylor and Bevers' cattle, from Palo Pinto County to Kansas. When they reached Big Keechi, these...
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