GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.140103000000
Longitude: -98.900328000000
Longitude: -98.900328000000
County:
- Medina
Date:
June, 1862
Time Period:
Description:
Ruben Smith is killed by a band of 35-40 Lipan Apaches near his farm on Live Oak Slough on the Medina River, five miles southwest of present-day Van Ormy.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 105-106.
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 182-184.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.140103000000
Longitude: -98.900328000000
Longitude: -98.900328000000
County:
- Medina
Date:
June, 1862
Event Description:
Ruben Smith is killed by a band of 35-40 Lipan Apaches near his farm on Live Oak Slough on the Medina River, five miles southwest of present-day Van Ormy.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Apaches
- Lipans
Gender:
male
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno, The Settlers’ War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s (Caldwell: Caxton Press, 2011), 105-106.
Gregory F. Michno and Susan J. Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2008), 182-184.
Apache Indian Original Title: Paso (or Pacer)
Image Type: Photograph
Collection: Thomas W. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Native American Photographs Collection. 1850 - 1900
Image Viewed: https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/43263591-0
Image Accessed: April 2, 2019