Coleman County, Texas Captain J.M. Swisher's Company Follow Indians Several Days During 1871, Capt. J.M. Swisher's Company of Texas rangers camped on Home Creek, in Coleman County, about five miles southwest of the Santa Anna Mountains. When the...
Navarro County, Texas The countryside remained dangerous. Three years later, on October 6, 1838, the Telegraph and Texas Register reported: The country between the Colorado and Gonzales is very much infested with Indians. It is not safe to go from...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria In August of 1856, young Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors stopped a mail coach on the Platte Trail and demanded some tobacco. The driver was wounded as he raced to make his escape. The...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria 16 June 1868, Fort McDowell, Arizona: Sgt. J. Lemon and four privates of Company E, 1st Cavalry, were assigned to carry mail from Camp Reno, in the Tonto Basin, to Camp McDowell, about 25...
In February of 1873, Jesse Veale was the last victim of an Indian attack on the mouth of the Ioni in Palo Pinto County. Citizens searched the countryside around Bluff Creek and the Belding Ranch, discovering Veale's body as well as those of...
Throckmorton County, Texas The Old Stone Ranch is one-half mile south of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River on Walnut Creek in southwestern Throckmorton County. It was founded in 1855 by Capt. Newton C. Givens, who at the time was commander of a...
Other fights that occured on this ranch.
WJ Hale on Ioni
ML McCabe Fight
Reynolds Ranch
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria From the beginning of Texas' war for independence, Rangers shouldered the fight against the Indians. The New Republic authorized funds for the establishment of an organization of gunmen...
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