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...
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...
Palo Pinto County, Texas The following story is from the book, The West Texas Frontier, by Joseph Carroll McConnell. Henry Welty, like B.F. Baker, and Wm. M. Peters, numbered among the first settlers of Palo Pinto County. Mr. Welty built his log...
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...
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