Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The following story is from the book, Encyclopedia of Indian Wars, by Gregory F. Michno. 30 December, 1890: The day after the Wounded Knee incident, several bands of Lakotas-perhaps 4,000...
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...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts History On August 2, 1867, Captain Powell and his company of soldiers were once again in the foothills of the Big Horns, guarding the civilian wood crews. When they had arrived at their site a...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Bobby Morrow | Dallas Description | Epilogue | Fort Worth Description | Joe Don Looney | Wahoo McDaniel Origins of all of the Wahoo folk ballads can be traced to Midland, Texas in the...
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