Young Saunders Predicament
Account of a young
man named Saunders who settled in
Erath county. While on a visit to
a lady friend, he was accosted by
20 mounted Indians. His daring and
resourcefulness resulted in this
amazing tale of how he escaped certain
death.
White Boy Becomes an Indian
By Charles Morris
of Kerrville. Account of sad tale
of Gillespie county settlers, the
Fischers, who had a boy who was
abducted by Indians in 1868. After
a number of years, the boy was rescued
and returned to his loving family,
but things had changed. The boy
was unsettled back in the world
of the white man and soon returned
to the tribe, to be reunited with
his indian wife, kids and tribe.
This is his amazing story.
Further Mentions:
The Morris Ranch, his brother Otto
of Fredericksburg,
Early Day Sheriff Relates Experience
Article details
adventures of frontier Sheriff Ira
L Wheat of Edwards county and former
ranger, Henry Putz. The two had
very notable frontier events to
recall. This is account of some
of their experiences in Montell,
Medina, Uvalde, Edwards, McLaurin
and Coalson counties.
Further Mentions:
Captain Will Scott, Sergeant K A
Brooks, Capt. Bullard, Alvin and
Will Odell, Lon Bass and Bill Chisolm,
Del Rio, Sheriffs W. Baylor, Dick
Russell and Noah Corder,
Knew the San Antonio of Old
How San Antonio
looked and lived in the days of
earliest white settlers, as told
by Mrs. H Lucas, whose grandmother:
was one of the first seven white
women to live in the little outpost
of civilization, and her grandfather
and his partner owned, the rock
quarry that is now the famous Japanese
sunken garden in Breckenridge Park.
They opened up the quarry and used
the stone to build the first dwellings
of stone with shingled roofs in
the city. These stone houses were
the first ones to be built of anything
but adobe.
Further Mentions:
"My grandparents came from England
here in 1836 or 1838", a small town
near Victoria, probably Linnville,
when they were attacked by Indians
who were having a war dance over
the burning of Linnville, Market
street., Main Plaza, Even, at this
date Military Plaza was our market
place, "There were the carretas
of long wood, two-wheeled carts
drawn by a yoke of oxen Donkeys
with short wood piled high on their
backs were here and there. You had
your choice of wood for, the price
you chose to pay. Dotted about were
a few ears of corn and some peppers
perhaps…" recollections of
the First railroad into San
Antonio and the days of the Civil
War, The Alazan and the San Pedro'
creeks, Later we lived at the corner
of Commerce and North Flores streets.,
I remember the dreadful epidemic
of cholera. which followed the end
of 'the war in 1865. People died
on the streets, many from fear.
So fast did they die and so many,
that there were no men to make the
coffins…" "There were some quite
good stores, Grenet, Schleuning,
Wolfson, Haus, Oppenheimer, Dulling
and others. In 1873 a small store
opened its doors on the Austin road,
where the S. P. roundhouse now is."
Neal Coldwell a Gallant Texas
Ranger
Captain Neal Coldwell.
was born in Dade county, Missouri,
May 21, 1844, and died at his home
near Center Point, Texas, November
1, 1925. His father, Thomas Coldwell,
was a soldier under General Jackson
in the War of 1812, and participated
in the famous battle of New Orleans…
Excellent, detailed
and fairly lengthy history of Coldwell
Family of Kerr county. Further Mentions:
Cap Eugene B Millet, Gen Banks,
Sgt John C Douglas, George Danner,
William Baker and Joe Moss, Sergeant
W. G. Coston, the West Prong of
the Frio, Ragsdale, Major Jones,
W. K. Jones, (later county judge
of Val Verde county), Lou Spencer.,
Green Lake, Frank Jones, William
Layton, Aleck Merrit, George Beakley,
Frank Moore, Captain Dolan, Judge
Blackburn, Sergeant Ed Sicker, Sam
Henry, Tom Carson,' L. B. Caruthers,
Bingham, Jesse Evans, Captain Charles
L. Neville, Fort Stockton, Ysleta,
Capt. George W. Baylor., Victorio,
the famous Mescalero Apache Chief,
Fort Quitman, on the Rio Grande.,
A man named Baker,, Eighteen Mile
Water Hole, Eagle Springs., the
Negro boy Graham.Veteran Who Came
in Wagon to Texas is Dead.
Simpson N. Tidwell,
83, who died November 5th, at the
home of his son, Lee Tidwell, 2301
Lipscomb Street, Ft. Worth, was
a Confederate veteran, and had been
a resident of Texas for 77 years.
He was a native of Mississippi,
but came to Bowie county in a covered
wagon with his parents in 1848.
After his father's death Tidwell
continued farming the homestead,
which is located eight miles north
of Maude. He retired a few years
ago, following the death of his
wife, and went, to live with his
Fort Worth son. Tidwell joined the
Confederacy when, only 17 years
old. He saw five years of service,
serving in turn under Generals Sidney
Johnson, Joseph E. Johnson and James
B. Hood. Tidwell had been a member
of the Sand Hill Baptist Church
at Sims for 54 years at the time
of his death. Besides Lee Tidwell,
the deceased is survived, by two
other sons, Clarence Tidwell, Fort
Worth, and Jim Tidwell, New Boston;
and three daughters, 'Mrs. M. F.
Hale, Goliad, and Mrs. 0. H. Jackson
and Miss Lena Tidwell Clarendon.
Kit Carson the Noted Frontiersman
By Col. Henry
Inman. Excellent history the great
frontiersman and his travels.
Bandera County Minute Man
Tom M Stevens
of Bandera, who joined Captain Jack
Phillips Minute company in 1873.
This minute company was organized
for protection against the Indians,
and to put a stop to the cattle,
and horse stealing which had become
very common in this part of the
country; the stealing being done
by thieves who drifted in from other
sections of the state.
Further Mentions:
1st Lieutenant, Sam Jones,
Andy Jones. Jack Phillips, T M Stevens,
J I Jones, Will Ross, F L Hicks,
Jack Sheppard, Bill Hester, Sam
Casey, Jim Davenport, John A Jones,
Jim McKay, Joe Miller, Taylor Hester,
Joel Casey, Jim Brown, Taylor Hester,
Joel Casey, Jim Brown, John Clark,
Monroe Moncur, Joe Click, Alex Hay,
Jim Lewis, Joe Reed, Pete, Mack
and Dave Weaver, A G Jones, Charlie
Gersdorff, Jim Gobble, Dave Chipman,
Laoma White, W. P. W. Holmes, Leakey,
a kind lady named McDougal, Nichols,
F. L. Hicks, Ace Brown, Buck Hamilton,
M C. Click, Josephine Durban, William
Felts, Dave Weaver, Joel Casey,
W W Sloan Dies 1926 at age of 80
pioneer Texan
Brief account of
W. W. Sloan, 80, pioneer Texan and
resident of San, Antonio for
32 years. He was a native of
Carthage, Tenn., and came to
Texas with his parents in 1850 when,
five years old, and lived first
at Indianola. He was married to
Mary Frances Smith of Mississippi
in 186S. After joining the 33rd
Texas, Cavalry in 1863,
he Nerved through the remainder
of the
Civil War. After holding the
office of mayor, magistrate
and public weigher for several years…
Further Mentions:
Flatonia,
G. W. Hagy, One of the founders
of Prospect Hill Baptist Church,
Mrs. Julia Barkley of Yoakum,
two daughters, Mrs. Fred F. Miller
of Kingsville, Miss Louise Sloan
of Baltimore,
W. W. Sloan Jr. of
Falfurrias, John J. of Des Moines,
Iowa, Dr. Martin F. Sloan of
Baltimore, Sam D. of Fort Worth,
Sid and Jean Sloan of San Antonio,
and 12 grandchildren, James
G. Harrell, ranchman of Atascosa
county, Hiram , Captain Snyder.
State Troops of the Frontier
Report
Captain W J Standifer
Co. C and Captain Christian Dorbandt
Co 3rd Frontier Dist. Burnet county
1865. Mentions details of companies
including pay, age, etc.
Many names mentioned
– an excerpt: Hugh McCay, First
Lieutenant W J. Standifer,
Captain Daniel McKenzie, Second
Lieutenant.Q. L. Seay, First
Sergeant. Robert Alexander, Second
Sergeant. Wm. Moss, Third Sergeant.
Henry Webb, Fourth Sergeant. Abe
Spence, Fifth Sergeant. H. B. Wells,
First Corporal. Abe
Rige, Second
Corporal. J. M. Drake, Third Corporal.
J. B. Napier, Fourth Corporal. W.
H. Sims, Fifth Corporal. Privates:
H. Allison. John Alexander. J. G.
Ashbrana. John
Axley. J.
A.
Bittick.
C. C. Bryan. J. N.
Carson. L.
H. Cowan.
Ethridge. James Elliott. R.
W. Farquhar. A. N. Farquhar. A.
Guaf. W.
G. Gan R. D. Holland. E. W. Hamilton.
George Hobbs.
James James. John
Lawton. A. P.
Lee. G. W. McCoy. J.
B, Mooney. H.
Maxwell. Wm. Maxwell. Wm. Mauldin.
John
Nordain. Henry
Parker. J. H. Russell. W. A. Reeves.
J. G. Smith. John
Slaughter.
J. C. Stapp. W. H. Stapp. J. E.
Standifer.
W. J. Stewart. R.
Senterfit.
Calvin Scott.
Thos. Wolf.
Jordan Wyatt. M. R. Wilkins. Jonathan
Williams. Wm. Webb. E. L. Webb.
Thos. Williams.
Robert Watkins.
J.
Stenford
3rd
Sergt
W. Y. Fowler;
2nd
Lieut W.
R. Slaughter,
2nd
Sergt.Harman
Fowler,
4th
Sergt.
J Edward
Ebling,
Corpl
Carpenter,
George, Private George Hastings,
Corpl. Burton,
John
F.,.Private.
Cox, F. M.Private
Crawford,
W.
Private Lacey Frank, Private
Rust W. M.,
Lacey,
John, Private
Davidson,
Felix,
Private Corder,
Joe, Private
Private. Wright, O.
L.,
Private
Whitman,
Wm. Private Rilchter,
Rudolf, etc, etc, etc, bid now and
get them all, etc, etc, etc
Soldiering on the Frontier
By George Raper
who enlisted under L M O'Brien,
and tells of adventures while on
duty in frontier of New Mexico.
Further Mentions:
General
J.Irvin, Gregg,
Second Lieutenant Hampton S.
Cottell,
the A.
T.
& S. P railroad.,
General J. R. Brooke,
Dick
Hooten's
ranch, Cimarron, Fort Union was
the headquarters of the
8th Cavalry.,
Captain Wm.
McCleave, Fort
Garland., Las Vegas, an old Mexican
town., Fort
Selden and
Fort Bayard, Fort Wingate,
Fort Craig, Sergeant Patrick Golden,
Gen Samuel W. Fountain, retired.
Lieut. R.
A Williams,
Lieut. F. E. Phelps, Godwin became
a
Brigader General,
S. B. M.
Young, Capt.
J. F.
Mahnked,
The Past and The Present
by Jeanette Jones
