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...
Kicking Bird Kicking Bird initiated this raid to save face (his advocacy for making peace with the white man brought accusations of cowardice). Thirteen deserving troopers were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (the army did a little face...
Topics (click on a letter to jump to that section) A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | Y This comprehensive source of passages from J.W Wilbarger's book is intended to provide some additional...
Erath County, Texas While the Indians were on a horse-stealing raid, about three miles east of Stephenville, they chased and almost succeeded in capturing a son of Geo. Wilkins. The savages fired at him several times, but he safely reached the house...
Callahan County, Texas During 1864, W.J. Wilkinson, Press Beavers, a Mr. Key and Willis Holloway, operated ranches on the headwaters of the Pecan Bayou. One day while Mr. Wilkinson was riding along the banks of Burnt Branch, about five miles below...
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