GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.010187000000
Longitude: -105.198778000000
Longitude: -105.198778000000
County:
- Hudspeth
Date:
April 27, 1873
Time Period:
Description:
Apaches attack a mail wagon on the northwest slope of the Eagle Mountains, twenty-one miles west of Van Horn. African-American soldiers defending the wagon fall back to nearby Eagle Springs Station. Two soldiers and several Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 291-292.
Apache Indians Original Title: Apache Braves
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43267804
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.010187000000
Longitude: -105.198778000000
Longitude: -105.198778000000
County:
- Hudspeth
Date:
April 27, 1873
Event Description:
Apaches attack a mail wagon on the northwest slope of the Eagle Mountains, twenty-one miles west of Van Horn. African-American soldiers defending the wagon fall back to nearby Eagle Springs Station. Two soldiers and several Indians are killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 291-292.
Apache Indians Original Title: Apache Braves
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43267804
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019