CategoryComancheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 2 February 1865, Julesburg, Colorado: A month after the January attack on Julesburg, the Cheyenne and Lakota raiders hit the town again before leaving the area and heading for the Powder...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Baca's Wagon Train | Bear Creek | Bear Creek Redoubt | Beaver Creek | Big Bushes | Cimarron Crossing 1 | Cimarron Crossing 2 | Comanches and Allies Battle Osages | Cow Creek | Davis's...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The following story is a first-hand account of the famous Keep Ranch Fight in Ranger Sowell's own words from the book, Rangers and Pioneers of Texas. …The Comanches were on the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section) Captain Jack Hays Fight At: Famous Battle of Bandera Pass | Fight at Enchanted Rock | Fight in the Nueces Canyon | Fight on the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 14 September 1868; Marathon, Texas: Late in August, west of Fort Stockton, 200 Apaches attacked a wagon train owned by a man named Morales and stole 100 mules. Morales recruited 45 armed...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Hungate Massacre Site 11 June 1864, Parker Colorado: After Indians ran off some cattle at the Van Wormer ranch, about 30 miles southeast of Denver on Running Creek, ranch manager Nathan...