GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.950962000000
Longitude: -97.872857000000
Longitude: -97.872857000000
County:
- Bosque
Date:
December 31, 1857
Time Period:
Description:
Comanches kill Peter Cartright Johnson and his son at the base of what would later be known as Johnson’s Peak.
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), 172.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 440.
Peter Cartright Johnson Original Title: Peter Cartright Johnson
Image Type: Photograph
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Image Accessed: September 9, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 31.950962000000
Longitude: -97.872857000000
Longitude: -97.872857000000
County:
- Bosque
Date:
December 31, 1857
Event Description:
Comanches kill Peter Cartright Johnson and his son at the base of what would later be known as Johnson’s Peak.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Comanches
Gender:
male
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), 172.
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 440.
Peter Cartright Johnson Original Title: Peter Cartright Johnson
Image Type: Photograph
Image Viewed: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/51005781/person/13132618758/media/ed26a5d7-1451-4c43-8632-78e4295706e6?_phsrc=FVx14&_phstart=successSource
Image Accessed: September 9, 2019