Montague County, Texas During August of 1872, Levi Perryman, Alex Perryman, Creed Roberts, Holloway Williams, Henry Williams, Henry Roberts, and a few others, had a fight with Indians near Dry Valley, southeast of Montague, in Montague County. At...
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...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. Percha Creek 12 January 1880, Hillsboro, New Mexico: Maj. Albert P. Morrow had chased Victorio's Apaches...
Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In Texas | Sibley Expedition Texas Historical Commission The outbreak of the Civil War witnessed the march of thousands of Texans to Santa Fe, New Mexico...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America The Pequot War was fought in 1637. It involved the Pequot Indians and the settlers of the Pilgrim Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Pequot were a powerful tribe...
Stephens County, Texas During 1872, Ben Peobles was working for Gad Miller, who lived on the Clear Fork, close to the present town of Chrystal Falls, in Stephens County. He was out hunting horses, early in the morning, about two miles south of the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria The following is from the book, Indian Wars, Bill Yenne. October 1869 found Cochise and his Chiricahua Apache band terrorizing the southeast corner of Arizona Territory in the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Story 1 12 March 1867; Langtry, Texas: While camped on Live Oak Creek near the abandoned Fort Lancaster, Capt. John A. Wilcox and a detachment of Company C, 4th Cavalry, picked up the...
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