Kicking Bird Kicking Bird initiated this raid to save face (his advocacy for making peace with the white man brought accusations of cowardice). Thirteen deserving troopers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (the army did a little face...
Callahan County, Texas During 1864, W.J. Wilkinson, Press Beavers, a Mr. Key and Willis Holloway, operated ranches on the headwaters of the Pecan Bayou. One day while Mr. Wilkinson was riding along the banks of Burnt Branch, about five miles below...
Hamilton County, Texas As usual there is a slight variation between different accounts of this particular raid. Nevertheless, all reports are substantially the same, and every effort has been made to obtain the most accurate information. A new...
South Texas Road Trip Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Brownsville | Edinburg | Falfurrias | Harlingen | Hebbronville | Hidalgo | Kingsville | Lopeno | Los Ebanos | Mercedes | Mission | Port Isabel | Raymondville | Rio Grande...
R.B. Marcy | Marcy's 1849, 51, & 54 Expeditions | Red River, Preston and Gainesville, 1853 | Prairie Traveler | California Trail W.B. Parker, a traveling companion of R.B. Marcy's 1853 trip into Texas, describes in his book, Through Unexplored...
Williamson County, Texas The following story is from the book, A Cry Unheard, by Doyle Marshall. On October 1, 1839, at the present site of Georgetown, all thirteen men of the John Webster party were massacred by a large band of Comanches, but only...
Culberson County, Texas Ca. January 15, 1858; Van Horn, Texas: Stage company employees at the isolated stations dotting the overland trails had one of the most dangerous jobs in the West. During the winter of 1858, Light S. Townsend was station...
Cottle County, Texas During the fall of 1876, Comanche Jack, an Indian, and his followers, stole horses belonging to Vaughan, in the territory north of Pease River. Vaughan and his men came upon the Indians one morning just as they were breaking...
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