GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.290542000000
Longitude: -97.901565000000
Longitude: -97.901565000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
August 1, 1842
Time Period:
Description:
A bear hunting party of ten men is attacked on Barton Springs, near Austin. Captain George M. Dolson and John R. Black are killed.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Telegraph and Texas Register, August 17, 1842
John Holland Jenkins, Recollections of Early Texas: The Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins (Austin: UT Press), 104.
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 30.290542000000
Longitude: -97.901565000000
Longitude: -97.901565000000
County:
- Travis
Date:
August 1, 1842
Event Description:
A bear hunting party of ten men is attacked on Barton Springs, near Austin. Captain George M. Dolson and John R. Black are killed.
Event Type:
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Telegraph and Texas Register, August 17, 1842
John Holland Jenkins, Recollections of Early Texas: The Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins (Austin: UT Press), 104.