GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.090164000000
Longitude: -97.591949000000
Longitude: -97.591949000000
County:
- Wise
Date:
May 30, 1866
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches fight U.S. soldiers at Salt Creek in Wise County, killing two of them and forcing the remainder to retreat.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 247-248.
Comanche Man Original Title: Camanche Brave
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: William P. Bliss
Collection: New York Public Library, Art and Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bb2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 33.090164000000
Longitude: -97.591949000000
Longitude: -97.591949000000
County:
- Wise
Date:
May 30, 1866
Event Description:
Comanches fight U.S. soldiers at Salt Creek in Wise County, killing two of them and forcing the remainder to retreat.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 247-248.
Comanche Man Original Title: Camanche Brave
Image Type: Photograph
Creator: William P. Bliss
Collection: New York Public Library, Art and Picture Collection
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1bb2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 3, 2019