Cooke County, Texas Denton County, Texas Montague County, Texas During the next light moon after the killing of Mr. Box and capture of his family, the savages again appeared. Indians were first discovered about two miles from Red River Station...
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...
Markers (click on a topic to jump to that section.) Barbed Wire in Cooke County | Butterland Overland Stage Line | Cooke County | Cooke County, C.S.A. | Cross Timbers | Gainesville | Great Hanging at Gainesville | Kiowa Raid of 1868 (SW Part of...
Cooke County, Texas The following account is from the book, Passionate Nation, The Epic History of Texas, by James L. Haley. Violence in North Texas reached its zenith in Cooke County on the Red River, and in its seat, Gainesville. Security there...
Cooke County, Texas Montague County, Texas Wise County, Texas Gainesville to Decatur More Stories and Information on Fort Tours Road Trips Saint Jo has a marker on the south side of the square describing the significance of the town's location at...
Cooke County, Texas During 1867, twenty-six Indians passed the home of Jimmie Ward, who made molasses on the share, and who had considerable syrup on hand at the time. It was all emptied by the Indians, who were stealing horses as they advanced. The...
Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: Gainesville | Muenster Uncommemorated Sites from North to South Charlie Grant and Others Fight on Red River | Raid Through Montague, Cooke and Denton | Massacre of the Porter Family | Raid Through Montague, Cooke and...
Cooke County, Texas Montague County, Texas Approximately two hundred and fifty Indians crossed Red River about two p.m. on the 22nd of December, 1863, at a place northward of the present town of Montague. The Indians then turned down the river, and...
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