Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Marker Title: Yellow House Canyon City: Lubbock County: Lubbock Text: From the book, Battlefields of Texas, by Bill Groneman: Quahadi Comanches under Black Horse had obtained a permit to...
Parker County, Texas Fondren Cemetery Historical Marker Marker Title: Fondren Cemetery Address: Fondren Cemetery Lane of US 180, via FM 113 and Authon Rd. City: Fondren Year Marker Erected: 1979 Marker Location: From Weatherford, take US 180 west...
Young County, Texas To describe a gigantic Indian raid, when a large number of blood-thirsty warriors break into smaller bands and each division simultaneously depredated upon a frontier community, in many respects, is not unlike attempting to...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following is from the book, Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, by Jerry Keenan. 8 January, 1877: This was one of the last military actions of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877. By late...
Llano County, Texas During the early part of 1870, Sampson Hale, who lived near the west end of Long Mountain in Llano County, purchased a new Winchester and was alone on top of the mountain to try it out, when five Indians happened to come along...
Erath County, Texas Henry Mills, a married man, and John Wood who lived on the Paluxi, about sixteen or eighteen miles east of Stephenville, were out hunting hogs on the Sycamore, about eight miles west of their residence, and were carrying a sack...
Hamilton County, Texas As usual there is a slight variation between different accounts of this particular raid. Nevertheless, all reports are substantially the same, and every effort has been made to obtain the most accurate information. A new...
Bobby Morrow | Dallas Description | Epilogue | Fort Worth Description | Joe Don Looney | Wahoo McDaniel From his book, Seasons in Hell, Mike Shropshire describes Fort Worth...as a historic place that's chin-deep in trail-dust heritage. After the...
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