Jack County, Texas Isham Hearne Steed 1821-1900 Jane Hardy Steed 1831-1906 The following story is from the book, History of Jack County, by Thomas F. Horton. Statement of the Killing of John Russell (married) and Ab Russell, Brothers, at Postoak in...
Coleman County, Texas Coleman County Citizens Encounter Indians Near the Present Post City After the Indians made a raid through Coleman County, and stole a large number of horses, Joe Franks, Jeff Clayton, Henry Sackett, Ben Cooper, Jim Jackson...
Cooke County, Texas During 1863, Pendleton Porter and family lived five miles east of St. Jo, near the Montague and Cook County line. Geo. Moore also lived two miles further east, but had moved his family to St. Jo, because of the extreme hostility...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Pontiac was a powerful orator as well as warrior, and possessed a keen intelligence and skill as a strategist. He believed that the French would back up an Indian revolt to...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 26 June 1867; Wallace, Kansas: About 6 a.m. on 26 June, a band of Cheyennes tried to run off the stock from Pond Creek Station, three miles west of Fort Wallace. Capt. Albert Barnitz of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 29 April 1855; Poncha Springs, Colorado: As Kit Carson guided part of Col. Thomas T. Fauntleroy's expedition east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Fauntleroy led the rest-two companies...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. In 1832, a Zacatecan priest named Father Jose Maria Mercado led an ambush of a group of Pomo people that he mistakenly...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Plymouth colonists were enjoying peaceful times for two reasons: one was an illness that had decimated the New England Indians from Rhode Island to Maine "the...
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