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...
Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section) Day Trip to Fort Parker Day Trip to Fort Parker, July, 2004 by Wendi Lundquist We started out this day trip heading southeastward on Highway 287 to Mansfield. This town developed when, in Fort Worth...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Museum of the Western Prairie Museum of the Western Prairie 1100 Memorial Drive Altus, OK 73521 580-482-1044 Director: Bart McClenny [email protected] The Museum of the Western...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria
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Medina County, Texas Indian Raid When Ira Wheat Was Killed Approximately six Comanches came into Medina County and charged Ira Wheat, Sr. and Robert Blalock, a short distance from Wheat's ranch headquarters. Mr. Wheat was killed; but Robert Blalock...
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