Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Village Creek Historical Marker Marker Location: Lakewood Dr., Arlington Golf Course, 7th Tee, Arlington, Texas Picture of John B. Denton, published in DeShields' Border Wars of Texas...
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...
Montague County, Texas During 1862, Austin Morris, Geo. Frazier, and one or two others had a short Indian fight about two or three miles southeast of Forestburg in Montague County. When the warriors reached a point about four hundred yards from the...
Palo Pinto County, Texas During August of 1864, Wm. Wilson, A.M. Lasater, Charles Goodnight, Sam Ham, Ruff Evans, James Williams, Wess Sheek, Wm. Keith, Evans, Geo. Lasater, and possibly one or two others, who lived in the Keechi-Black Springs...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 13 September 1878; Camp Houston, Oklahoma: On 9 September, a band of 92 Northern Cheyenne warriors and 268 women and children under Dull Knife and Little Wolf left their agency at...
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