Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Will Rogers Museum Will Rogers Memorial Museum 1720 West Will Rogers Boulevard Claremore, Oklahoma 74017 Mailing Address: Post Office Box 157 Claremore, Oklahoma 74018-0157 918.341.0719...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria P.O. Box 2520 Window Rock, AZ (928)871-6647 Guided Tours Available - call in advance (928)871-6417 Window Rock is the administrative capitol of the Navajo Nation, getting its name from the...
Parker County, Texas Hiram Wilson was one of the early settlers of Parker County, and during the war, lived about 12 miles south of Weatherford, between Muddy Branch and Spring Creek. Oliver Fulton, his brother-in-law, lived on the latter stream...
Medina County, Texas Mills County, Texas Wolf was an employee of Hoffman, who ranched at the mouth of the Little Seco in Medina County. One morning during March of 1860 while cow-hunting on the Sabinal River, about eight miles north of the present...
R.B. Marcy | Marcy's 1849, 51, & 54 Expeditions | Red River, Preston and Gainesville, 1853 | Prairie Traveler | California Trail W.B. Parker, a traveling companion of R.B. Marcy's 1853 trip into Texas, describes in his book, Through Unexplored...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America The Henry Whitfield House was built in 1639 when Guilford was first settled by Puritans fleeing religious persecution in England. They sailed directly to New Haven, settled in...
Williamson County, Texas The following story is from the book, A Cry Unheard, by Doyle Marshall. On October 1, 1839, at the present site of Georgetown, all thirteen men of the John Webster party were massacred by a large band of Comanches, but only...
Parker County, Texas About 1863, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Welch and children lived close to the Clear Fork of the Trinity about seven miles west of Springtown, and in the northern part of Parker County. One morning, Mrs. Welch sent her two sons to the home...
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