CategoryComancheria

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Ca April 14, 1853; Graham, Texas: In the spring of 1853, Capt. Henry H. Sibley commanded Fort Croghan on Hamilton Creek, fourteen miles above its junction with the Colorado River. In...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria June 1, 1882; Cloverdale, New Mexico: In April 1882 Apache chief Loco and several hundred Chiricahuas broke out from the San Carlos Agency, killing about forty settlers on their way to...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria American Ranch | Bent's Old Fort | Big Timber | Blackwater Spring | Cedar Canyon | Chicosa Arroyo | Dog Creek | Eayre's Fight | Fishers Peak | Fort Collins | Fort Garland | Fort Lyon |...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria August 25, 1887; Rangely, Colorado:Although the Utes had been removed from northwest Colorado to a reservation in Utah, they continued to hunt in Colorado. Among the hunters was Colorow...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria October 1866; Brownwood, Texas: About 16 miles southwest along the road from Comanche to San Saba, Texas, ranchers Larkin Stone, Frank Brown, John Roach, and another man were attacked by...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 3 March 3, 1850; Eagle Pass, Texas: Troops were spread thin in south Texas in the early 1850s, with only 1,868 in the entire state. Fort Duncan, in present-day Eagle Pass, was home to...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Ca. March 15, 1853; Escobas, Texas: In early 1853 Lt. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, cousin of the Emperor of France, was leading Company F, Mounted Rifles, in a series of scouts south of...