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Killing of Burns

Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is travel, and he seizes any opportunity to share his experiences in the most immersive way possible, whether at sea or on the land.

    Sometime near the close of the Civil War and about 1864, Burns, who lived on the head waters of Crabapple Creek , about thirteen miles northeast of Fredericksburg, was traveling alone, afoot and on his way to his uncle, Conrad Ahrens, who lived at Cherry Springs about eighteen miles northeast of Fredericksburg,. He was killed by Indians after going about four miles from home and buried on the head waters of Crabapple Creek.

    Note: Author personally interviewed Peter Crenwelge, who lived in that section at the time.

The above story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell.

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