GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.876820000000
Longitude: -99.650142000000
Longitude: -99.650142000000
County:
- Menard
Date:
November 20, 1874
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches attack a party of Texas Rangers, including Scott Cooley and William Trayweek, at Elm Creek in Menard County. Five Indians die in the fighting.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Daily Statesman (Austin), November 28, 1874.
Michael L. Nunnally, American Indian Wars: A Chronology of Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and the United States Military, 1500s-1901 (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007), 137.
Scott Cooley Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7323796/scott-cooley/photo
Image Accessed: May 3, 2022
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.876820000000
Longitude: -99.650142000000
Longitude: -99.650142000000
County:
- Menard
Date:
November 20, 1874
Event Description:
Comanches attack a party of Texas Rangers, including Scott Cooley and William Trayweek, at Elm Creek in Menard County. Five Indians die in the fighting.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Daily Statesman (Austin), November 28, 1874.
Michael L. Nunnally, American Indian Wars: A Chronology of Confrontations Between Native Peoples and Settlers and the United States Military, 1500s-1901 (Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007), 137.
Scott Cooley Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7323796/scott-cooley/photo
Image Accessed: May 3, 2022