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...
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...
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...
Montague County, Texas Perryman Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Perryman Cemetery Address: FM 455, NW of Forestburg City: Forestburg Year Marker Erected: 1983 Marker Location: From Forestburg take FM 455 about one mile to cemetery. Marker...
Montague County, Texas During 1871, the Kenon and Paschal families lived on the Forestburg-Decatur road, about three miles south of Forestburg, in the southeastern part of Montague County. Mrs. Paschal was a widow, and had five children, namely;...
Parker County, Texas During 1868, R.W. Littlefield, Ed Ross, and Wright Jones, had just finished killing a beef, about two miles south of the present town of Millsap, and placed it on a pack horse, when R.W. Littlefield saw an Indian on a little...
Mason County, Texas Those interviewed do not exactly agree concerning the year this killing occurred. Nevertheless, it was during or immediately following the close of the Civil War, and will be reported at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Kensing lived...
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