Jack County, Texas Palo Pinto County, Texas Young County, Texas After the capture of Lon White during the summer of 1864, and African Britt Johnson's family, during the following fall, David White, and African Britt, began to focus all of their...
Jack County, Texas William Clinging and White came to Jack County with a herd of cattle. For a time they stayed with John Ribble, who lived near Dillingham Prairie. But when the Indians killed John Bottorff, Mr. Ribble moved his family to...
Uvalde County, Texas For the following account of Indian of Indian outrages in Uvalde county we are indebted chiefly to Mr. Ross Kennedy, a well known citizen of that county: The first murder committed by the Indians in Uvalde county of which we...
South Texas Road Trip Chambers/Visitors Bureaus: of Historical Destinations Brownsville | Edinburg | Falfurrias | Harlingen | Hebbronville | Hidalgo | Kingsville | Lopeno | Los Ebanos | Mercedes | Mission | Port Isabel | Raymondville | Rio Grande...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following story and picture is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. Whitestone Hill 3 September 1863, Whitestone Hill: Launching his Missouri River column in...
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...
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