Wichita County, Texas
Company C & D, Ninth U.S. Cavalry; Lt. I.N. Walter in command, had one trooper and two citizens killed on May 30th on Holiday Creek.
The following story is from the book, Horse Sweat and Powder Smoke, by Stanley S. McGowen.
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Waterman L. Ormsby's account of the 1858 run of the Butterfield Overland Mail from his book, The Butterfield Overland Mail.
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Waterman L. Ormsby's account of the 1858 run of the Butterfield Overland Mail from his book, The Butterfield Overland Mail.
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Waterman L. Ormsby's account of the 1858 run of the Butterfield Overland Mail from his book, The Butterfield Overland Mail.
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