GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.077666000000
Longitude: -97.516505000000
Longitude: -97.516505000000
County:
- Bell
Date:
March 1859
Time Period:
Description:
Between two and three dozen Indians attack homesteads along Nolan Creek, eight miles west of preset-day Temple. The Indians kill four people including William C. Riggs and wife, Elizabeth. The youngest, William Jr., and his sisters Margaret and Rhoda survive.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, A Fate Worse than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885 (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2007), 178-179.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 593-596.
William C. Riggs, Jr. Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91883735/william-carroll-riggs
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.077666000000
Longitude: -97.516505000000
Longitude: -97.516505000000
County:
- Bell
Date:
March 1859
Event Description:
Between two and three dozen Indians attack homesteads along Nolan Creek, eight miles west of preset-day Temple. The Indians kill four people including William C. Riggs and wife, Elizabeth. The youngest, William Jr., and his sisters Margaret and Rhoda survive.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Gender:
male
female
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, A Fate Worse than Death: Indian Captivities in the West, 1830-1885 (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2007), 178-179.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 593-596.
William C. Riggs, Jr. Image Viewed: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91883735/william-carroll-riggs