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Solomon River

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria In the spring of 1857 Col. E. V. Sumner, commander at Ft. Leavenworth, took the field in an effort to subdue the Cheyenne Indians who had been making life unpleasant for emigrants on the...

South Texas

The Valley Map (Southern Tip of Texas) Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Bigfoot | Brackettville | Carrizo Springs | Castroville | Concan | Cotulla | Devine | Eagle Pass | Freer | Hondo | Jourdanton | Laredo | Lytle | Medina |...

Jack Smith

Coryell County, Texas Late in the evening of September 24, 1865, B.F. Gholson hobbled two horses near the Asa-Langford Ranch, about six hundred yards south of the present town of Evant. They had not been there long when twelve Indians came along and...

Marion Smith

Burnet County, Texas During 1869, Marion and Columbus Smith, A.H. Edwards, Jim and Wm. Strains, Tom Cates, and possibly one or two more, while scouting for Indians, encountered the savages about six miles north of Burnet. There were about twenty...

Tullos B. Smith

Menard County, Texas Tullos B. Smith was returning late in the evening to his home in Menard, from the Wilkerson Ranch, about sixteen miles away, was mounted on a large black pony, and was leading about two other horses. As he passed a cluster of...

Noah Smithwick Ranger Story

'Captain Tumlinson was commissioned to raise a company on the Colorado, and early in January, 1836, he reported for duty with a company of sixty mounted men, myself included. We were assigned to duty on the head waters of Brushy Creek, some thirty...

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Michael Trevis

Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is...

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