Llano County, Texas During 1863, Parson Hoover, then conducting a Methodist camp meeting in Llano County, dismissed his congregation to fight the Indians. Inasmuch as the savages made it almost impossible for the citizens to have horses, practically...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 14 September 1868; Marathon, Texas: Late in August, west of Fort Stockton, 200 Apaches attacked a wagon train owned by a man named Morales and stole 100 mules. Morales recruited 45 armed...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following story is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The return of Geronimo to the hostile list sent reverberations throughout the Southwest Theater of operations. District of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. The Hualapai War continued into the winter, with search and destroy sweeps into the mountains of western Arizona. Major combat...
Brown County, Texas During 1862, Warren Hudson and T.H. Keys were gathering pecans on Indian Creek in Brown County. Hudson was up in a pecan tree thirty feet from the ground, and Keys was sitting under a bank eating nuts. The two were waiting for...
Wise County, Texas Huff Family Massacre Historical Marker Marker Title: Huff Family Massacre Address: Pine Street, E of Alvord City: Alvord Year Marker Erected: 1968 Marker Location: From Alvord, take Pine Street (Old Decatur Road) about 2 miles...
Lampasas County, Texas During 1867, Radford Hughes and his sister, Rodie, who lived on Donaldson Creek, about eight miles west of Lampasas, were returning from the home of Wm. Knight, who lived about three miles to the southwest. They saw a lone...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Hungate Massacre Site 11 June 1864, Parker Colorado: After Indians ran off some cattle at the Van Wormer ranch, about 30 miles southeast of Denver on Running Creek, ranch manager Nathan...
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