CategoryWise County

Wise County, Texas Mrs. Polly Russell and her four children, Dean Russell, about twenty-two years of age, and Martha Russell, about eighteen, Harvey Russell, aged about sixteen, and James Russell, about eleven years of age, during 1868, lived on...

Wise County, Texas Alonzo Dill It was about 1866 that the savages charged Alonzo Dill, in the vicinity of the present town of Rhome, in the southeastern part of Wise County. Alonzo Dill was a considerable distance from his home, and beyond the West...

Wise County, Texas About 1868, Press Perkins, who lived on Salt Creek, about eight miles north of Springtown, and in the southern part of Wise County, went out alone to hunt some oxen he had purchased from the Armstrong family. It was in the...

Wise County, Texas During 1866, Jno. Montgomery, who lived about five miles west and north of Springtown, in Parker County, was going to the Clark Place, about five miles northeast of Springtown, where several local citizens were threshing. While on...

Wise County, Texas In Wise County during the summer of 1863, approximately twenty-five Indians killed a lone man named Long, on the road, near the present town of Paradise. After scalping their victim, the savages passed the Vernon place, where they...

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...