Kendall County, Texas Indians Capture the Smith Brothers During 1872, H.M. Smith lived on the Sewilla, near the Kendall, Comal, and Bexar County line, and about twelve miles east of Boerne. About ten o'clock one Sunday morning in February, C.L. and...
Bobby Morrow | Dallas Description | Epilogue | Fort Worth Description | Joe Don Looney | Wahoo McDaniel Steroids and champagne make a combustible mix in the meekest of men. In an individual such as Joe Don Looney, already equipped with destructive...
Battle of Glorieta | Battle of Val Verde | Early Southwest | Fort Belknap | Fort Craig | Sibley In Texas | Sibley Expedition Henry Hopkins Sibley Photo from the book, Confederate General of the West, by Jerry Thompson Henry H. Sibley began his army...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 3 May 1881; Northern Coahuila, Mexico: On 14 April, Lipan raiders from Mexico looted ranches at the head of the Frio River in Real County, Texas. They killed a Mrs. McLauren and a boy...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria 29-30 November 1877; Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico: Following Capt. Thomas C. Lebo's September raid on the Lipans and Kickapoos in Mexico, Capt. Samuel B.M. Young, 8th Cavalry...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Scotts Bluff National Monument 190276 Old Oregon Trail Gering, NE 69341 Phone: 308-436-9700 Fax: 308-436-7611 Named for fur trapper Hiram Scott, this imposing natural formation was originally...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Blazing the Goodnight Trail | Goodnight/Loving Pasture | Goodnight on Ranging and Making of a Scout | Real Lonesome Dove Charles Goodnight Ranchers and their cowboys made good Rangers. Their work well prepared them for this...
Palo Pinto County, Texas Tip Seay, who had been a Confederate soldier, was living on Palo Pinto Creek, about one and one-half miles north of the present town of Santo. During 1866, he lived where the citizens had "Forted-up" for mutual...
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