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...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The following story is a first-hand account of the famous Keep Ranch Fight in Ranger Sowell's own words from the book, Rangers and Pioneers of Texas. …The Comanches were on the...
Erath County, Texas We are not quite sure of the date of the two incidents related at this time, but they occurred sometime during the Civil War or shortly afterward, and will be reported at this time. On one occasion Berry (Coon) Keith, Johnny...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Pioneers traveling to Oregon, California, Utah and Pony Express riders carrying the mail across the nation all knew Independence Rock as one of the most important landmarks on their journey...
Blanco County, Texas During 1870, the savages stole horses near Round Mountain, in Blanco County. The rangers were notified, so Columbus and Jim Patton, Charlie Haynes, Dave Herrington, John Backus, George and Jim Green, Sam Cady, B. Herrington...
The following is from the book, Savage Frontier II, by Stephen L. Moore:
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