Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Indian Wars, by Bill Yenne. Merritt received word that an estimated eight hundred Cheyenne warriors had left Red Cloud's Agency to join the hostile...
General Crook Location/History Just North of Cave Creek, the area of Bloody Basin was the site of a bitter skirmish on March 27, 1873. It formed part of Gen. George Crook’s Tonto Basin campaign to force the Apaches and Yavapais to submit to...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 7 January 1865, Sterling, Colorado: While a large force of Lakotas and Cheyennes attacked Julesburg, more than 70 warriors raided along the road to Denver on both sides of Valley Station...
Freestone County, Texas The Battle of Val Verde was the Confederates' shining moment in the otherwise ill-fated Sibley Expedition in the southwest. Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In...
Burnet County, Texas During February 1860, Mosiac Scaggs and his family consisted of a wife and eight or nine children. They lived on the North Gabriel in Burnet County about twelve miles south of Lampasas. Benjamin Van Hook lived farther east in...
Jack County, Texas SE Entrance to Jacksboro | Ft. Richardson | Post Civil War | Garrison Life | Ft. Richardson Tour | Military Rd. to Ft. Sill | South to Keechi Points of Interest: A reconstructed officers' barracks serves as Interpretive Center...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Blazing the Goodnight Trail | Goodnight/Loving Pasture | Goodnight on Ranging and Making of a Scout | Oliver Loving and His Last Overland Drive | Real Lonesome Dove The above story is from the book, Charles Goodnight, Cowman...
Denton County, Texas Montague County, Texas Wise County, Texas During October of 1868, approximately two hundred savages first appeared when they charged John Bailey and Will Ball, who were gathering corn in the northern part of Wise County. Bailey...
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