GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.298357000000
Longitude: -97.450411000000
Longitude: -97.450411000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
November 1837
Time Period:
Description:
McCullom, a blacksmith, and the son of James Rogers are attacked by Indians, probably Comanches, while cutting trees near Wilbarger Creek, five miles southwest of present-day Elgin. McCullom is killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Citation:
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 238.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Comanche Warrior. Written on the border: “Shoshonean Tribe.” Northwestern Texas
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.298357000000
Longitude: -97.450411000000
Longitude: -97.450411000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
November 1837
Event Description:
McCullom, a blacksmith, and the son of James Rogers are attacked by Indians, probably Comanches, while cutting trees near Wilbarger Creek, five miles southwest of present-day Elgin. McCullom is killed.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
Citation:
John Wesley Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 238.
Comanche Indian Original Title: Comanche Warrior. Written on the border: “Shoshonean Tribe.” Northwestern Texas
Image Type: Wood engraving
Collection: Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
Image Viewed: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019