A secret garden, a drive-through feedstore, presidential papers, tasty pinto beans and a Picasso. by Paul Burka Of all the long-distance drives in Texas, Highway 6 is the most surprising. The purpose of a state route is to fill in the gaps between...
Hood County, Texas During September of 1869, several Indians passed down so-called "Squaw Creek", terrorizing the local citizens, and stole the week's washing at Robt. West's home. John Afton, Robt. West, and others, who lived in this section under...
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...
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