GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.524252000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
County:
- Limestone
Date:
September 30, 1871
Time Period:
Description:
Four African American state policemen kill two white men in an altercation in a Groesbeck saloon. A white mob of locals chase the four policemen into the mayor’s office where they take shelter until escorted out of town by reinforcements.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 225.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.524252000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
Longitude: -96.534250000000
County:
- Limestone
Date:
September 30, 1871
Event Description:
Four African American state policemen kill two white men in an altercation in a Groesbeck saloon. A white mob of locals chase the four policemen into the mayor’s office where they take shelter until escorted out of town by reinforcements.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Walter Prescott Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense, 2nd edition (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1965), 225.