Kerr County, Texas August 8, 1865, there lived at the head springs of the Pedernales, in the eastern edge of the present town of Harper, Matthew Taylor and wife, Eli McDonald and wife, Mahaley and Beckie Jane McDonald, children of Mr. and Mrs. Eli...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Theodore Roosevelt National Park 315 2nd Ave Medora, ND 58645 South Unit Information; Phone: 701-623-4466 North Unit Information; Phone: 701-842-2333 Fax: 701-623-4840 History When Theodore...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Tenth Cavalry Soldiers Tenth Cavalry Creek Burkburnett (Wichita County) SH 240, 14 miles W. First called Getty's Creek, this stream was renamed by cowboys and settlers who found near its...
Parker County, Texas Those interviewed differ concerning the data of this difficulty, but it evidently occurred sometime during 1866. One Sunday morning, Rev. Nehemiah Vernon was conducting religious services in the Terrapin Neck Community, about...
Kerr County, Texas During 1873 Jack Harding, an African boy, about twelve years of age, was returning from mill with corn meal, and captured on Cherry Creek, in Kerr County, about five miles southeast of Center Point. The savages then went about...
In February of 1873, Jesse Veale was the last victim of an Indian attack on the mouth of the Ioni in Palo Pinto County. Citizens searched the countryside around Bluff Creek and the Belding Ranch, discovering Veale's body as well as those of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria County Frontier Historical Markers Maps (Belton) Bell | (Bryan) Brazos | (Caldwell) Burleson | (Gatesville) Coryell | (Marlin) Falls | (Fairfield) Freestone | (Anderson) Grimes |...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Stuhr Museum 3133 West Hwy 34 Grand Island, NE 68801 Phone: 308-385-5316 Fax: 308-385-5028 E-mail: [email protected] Location Just four minutes north of I-80, Exit #312, at the intersection...
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