CategoryPalo Pinto County

Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1862, while John Henderson was riding alone on Barton's Creek, south of Gordon, near the Palo Pinto-Erath County line, he was charged by a large band of Indians. After running for one or two miles his horse began to...

Palo Pinto County, Texas Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section) Indians Ambush Hale on Ioni | Hale's Exciting Chase South of Mineral Wells | Indian Fight, about Eight or Nine Miles North and East of Strawn Indians Ambush W.J. Hale on Ioni...

Palo Pinto County, Texas During 1858, Choctaw Tom and several other Indians, who belonged on the Brazos Agency, camped on Sunday Creek southeast of the present town of Santo. On one occasion, two members of the Lavender family were out cow hunting...

Palo Pinto County, Texas Blazing the Goodnight Trail | Goodnight/Loving Pasture | Goodnight on Ranging and Making of a Scout | Oliver Loving and His Last Overland Drive | Real Lonesome Dove The view of the valley to the south of the Goodnight/Loving...

Palo Pinto County, Texas About 1869, Geo. Eubanks and four or five others were hunting on Turkey Creek, about two miles above its mouth and about seven miles northwest of the present town of Mineral Wells. About noon, Geo. became separated from his...

Palo Pinto County, Texas Uncle Johnny Eubanks first settled in Parker County in 1854. Two years later, he moved to Palo Pinto County, and during the Civil War, settled on Hubbard's Creek, about ten miles south of the present city of Albany, and just...

Palo Pinto County, Texas Capt. J.H. Dillahunty Near the close of the Civil War, and about 1864, F.C. Ham, Dick Evans, Bill Low, Ryan Herrington, Bryant Herrington, Spruell and three or four others, belonging to Capt. J.H. Dillahunty's company, and...