Salt Creek Fight W. C. "Uncle Billy" Kutch at the monument on the site of the Salt Creek Indian battle. This site is between Jean and Olney and about one mile north of the highway. Lemley Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Lemley...
Forts Along the Santa Fe Trail Colorado Bent's Fort Fort Collins Fort Garland Fort Lyon Fort Sedgwick Kansas Fort Dodge Fort Harker Fort Hays Fort Larned Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley Fort Scott Fort Wallace Missouri Fort Osage New Mexico Fort Sumner...
Oliver Loving was one of the most picturesque and venturesome of all the early pioneers, scouts, and plainsmen; and the movements of his immense herds over the great western prairies presented one of the most dramatic, and spectacular scenes...
Sept. 12–13, 1874 Hwy. Marker-Buffalo Wallow Battle Ground: from Canadian, travel south on U.S. 83, approximately 15.5 miles, turn left onto S.H. 277, continue approximately 7 miles to dirt road, take right turn, continue about 1 mile to...
Adobe Walls 1 In 1862, the Union Army was forced to deal with an uprising of the Sioux in Minnesota and a similar situation involving the Apache and Navajo in New Mexico. The responsibility for the latter fell upon the old trailblazer, Kit Carson...
On September 4, 1886, Geronimo and less than 40 Apaches, including women and children, surrendered to Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon, near the Arizona and New Mexico border. Geronimo’s surrender marked the end of the...
Billy Dixon, Heads Displayed on Gate at Adobe Walls and "Bat" Masterson The Kiowas next rode north to the Panhandle, picking up Satanta and his band along the way. Here they struck Lyman's Wagon Train. The warriors found themselves in a...
Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In Texas | Sibley Expedition Texas Historical Commission The outbreak of the Civil War witnessed the march of thousands of Texans to Santa Fe, New Mexico...
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