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OUTDOORS ALONG THE BRAZOS
All Night Fishing Trip
By Don Price
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CHASING OUR TALES
Wheeler
By Sue Seibert
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THE RACE
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By Jim Dillard
By Wynnell Catlin
DANGEROUS GROUNDS
Indian depredations in Palo Pinto County
STORIES AND SNIPPETS
New High School Construction
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Outdoors Along the Brazos
By Don Price
An All Night Fishing Trip
T
here is nothing like a red horse, not just any old
horse, but a genuine red horse; you had to work
and sweat in a back country branch clear up to
your belly button with a 20-foot minnow seine to collect
enough red horses to last all night.
A long time ago mosquito repellant in a spray can was
unheard of, suntan lotion hadn't come along, and fancy
Coleman lanterns were so hard to get that only the rich
during World War II could afford them: the rich lived lon-
ger because they could avoid stepping on rattlesnakes in
the dark.
So you sort of felt like you were regarded with suspi-
cion unless you used a coal oil lamp on the creek, but only
to keep the internal revenue boys from questioning you.
No?... Yes? [I don't think this makes any sense.]
My uncle had a patched up 20-foot minnow seine dur-
ing the World War II days. He was lucky to own a minnow
seine, even a patched up one, because everyone was faced
with rationing so you didn't go to town without ration
stamps.
We ripped it (the seine) while we tore through corn
stubble at a dead run chasing juicy August grasshoppers.
Man, it was hot. You could fry an egg on your car's hood.
At a particular time of the year we'd use stink bait or
blue barrel soap, earth worms or hellgrammites, as we
chased channel cats in the second old river; in July and
August we'd use grasshoppers; but the number one pro-
ducer for tonnage was the red horse minnow.
Seemingly we caught 'em by the ton when the moon
was right, an august amount of fish in the month of
August. We didn't hit the sack till we'd dressed every last
one of those cats.
We'd head toward the creek in my uncle's 1937 Ford,
which usually resembled a porcupine, all 50 Calcutta cane
poles sticking out of our windows every which way, with
my uncle dodging 5 o'clock downtown Dallas traffic and
at the same time me praying.
He couldn't see a blamed thing in his rear-view mirror
because of the big Calcutta fishing poles, all 50!
While sitting beside my uncle in the foray of honking
downtown Dallas traffic, I simply shut my eyes but found
I could hold my breath for almost two minutes. It was a
miracle. It was a blessing.
Because he was so avid a fisherman, my uncle didn't
think it necessary to make reservations during the depres-
sion days at a tourist court [today, they're motels], and so
he was confronted one time with a No Vacancy sign.
Faced with this, he just slept on top of his 1937 Ford
sedan car hood, even though the gigantic flying goose
hood ornament was in the way, no matter which way he
lay [it was much cooler trying to sleep on the hood of his
car].
Next morning he tried his best to distract me, telling me
he had an "early morning report" to take care of as he
headed spread-eagled around the rear of the tourist court,
but I knew he was marked forever with the gigantic flying
goose hood ornament imprint.
Fifty bank hooks we had, yes sir, big Calcuttas we'd jab
into the soft mud bank at the water's surface, aiming the
poles almost parallel with the water, the pole's tip about a
foot above.
Our linen lines were about 18 inches long, complete
with sinkers heavy enough in case the creek rose, and 1/0
was the size we used, sheep's head hooks.
Ahhh, the expertise, the ritual of impailing a lively red
horse on a honed hook without apparently injuring it was
an exacting science. It required utmost concentration.
Holding one's mouth just right was the key to success,
with nothing moving at that precise moment but the wig-
gling tongue of the coal oil lamp, as one pierced the min-
now in the preferred spot.
Lively red horse minnows attracted more fish, and this
prerequisite was a countryman's claim to fame.
This went on 50 times, poles strewn up and down a
creek [White Rock Creek] within the city limits of Dallas,
about a mile's spread.
After trundling the sometimes slippery bank the whole
night long, an uncle and his nephew (me) collapsed on the
bank, too tired even to swat mosquitos.
Sometimes my father [a field representative for the rap-
idly expanding Western Auto Supply Company] and
another uncle would drive up and join us to drink creek
bank coffee around the cottonwood fire, to talk about
tough times, as many didn't have jobs.
Along about this time frame, John Steinbeck wrote his
greatest novel "Grapes of Wrath." Steinbeck's book had an
impact on both rich and poor, especially the working class,
the majority of folks during the terrible depression of the
'thirties, with around 25-percent [or more] unemployed.
My uncles would stoke the cottonwood coals on the
creek bank. And sit in the sand; they would rock on their
heels and talk about tough times ahead, hoping Franklin
Delano Roosevelt had a solution for the nation's woes.
I was just a busy young kid on the creek bank that night,
baiting the lines with lively redhorse minnows, but I
remember the parlance. It was grave. Seems as if every
note of patois rang out "FDR" this and "FDR" that.
An aside: Today, Many excellent senior journalists and
talented creative writers are grasping bigger life jackets
just to stay afloat, just to tread water. It is tough fighting
the computer "swells." If it were not for Social Security
and Medicare, several of us professional writers would be
on food stamps. I would like to give a big "thank you" to
both the FDR family and the LBJ family for being persua-
sive, for getting congress to pass both acts.
In retrospect: FDR in 1935 signed the Social Security
Act, making it a law. Thirty years later LBJ signed the
Medicare-Medicaid Act, making it a law. Today President
Obama has presented to us the Affordable Care Act
[Obamacare]. President Obama is a compassionate man
and has his heart in the right place to attempt this.
I am just wondering about great-grandchildren 50-75
years hence, and if they'll refer to President Obama by his
own initials, like FDR and LBJ.
It takes a famous man, a recognizable household word,
uttered throughout this land and overseas, the world over,
to be universally known by initials alone, a man who can
get the job done.
Some say he is a visionary. Time will tell.
Supporters may shout
The man with the plan...the man with the power...the
man of the hour! We'll see. But by then he could be known
by his initials, too.
Every hour on the hour, checked OK by my uncle's big
"railroad" pocket watch, a Hamilton, we'd try the bank
hooks.
All night long we'd run 'em, and I was beginning to
doubt daylight would ever come. Perhaps the end of the
world was near.
The battle-scarred coffee pot got a workout, the red
horses, the slippery creek bank and, by now, the channel
cat veterans (us). The big mosquitos were even tired, as
they no longer buzzed.
However, no matter how long we dragged ourselves up
and down the banks of White Rock Creek, it must have
been worth it, for we were ready to go the next weekend.
Next morning we were told to put match sticks under
our eyelids [my uncle "suggested"].
We were faced with cleaning a wash tub of channel cats
of every size just as soon as we arrived home. There
would be no chance for 40 winks for the weary lest the
fish spoil.
Bristling from our mud-caked porcupine the '37 Ford
sedan were many split and ragged - looking fishing
poles, veterans of the all-nighter.
Now homeward bound, we toted in the car's trunk a
beat-up wash tub of undressed channel catfish. And if I'd
had my way about it, I'd wished we hadn't caught so dang
many.
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Chasing Our Tales
Wheeler
By Sue Seibert
N
ow on to Find A Grave, where I found this informa-
tion. Jane Cole Wheeler was born on July 29, 1828.
This is from some notes on the Wheeler family. Her
father was Eli, and her mother was Hester. The notes also
mention an Eli Cole who died in 1854 and a Hester Fincher
Cole who died in 1858. Further the 1850 Federal Census indi-
cates that Eli Cole and his wife Hester were farming in
Lincoln County, Tennessee, and their neighbors on that cen-
sus were William Wheeler who was born in Georgia and Jane
Wheeler. And it states that Jane was born in Tennessee. Also
living with William and Jane was his brother Drury Wheeler.
Eli Coles will, dated March 18, 1854, in Grayson County,
Texas, tells that he left $1,000 to his daughter,
Jane Wheeler, with payment to her not to
exceed $50 per year. She was listed as
one of his children, and ninth on the
list of bequests, so perhaps she was
the 9th oldest child. Other chil-
dren included were
Elizabeth, Minerva,
George, Delilah, Butler,
Ezra, Mary, Rowlin, Louis,
and Rufus.
The note also indicated
that Jane died on August 24,
1872, at the age of 44 which
is correct for her having been born in 1828. The cause of her
death in unknown, as is the place of her burial, although she
was living in Grayson County at the time.
Jane and Williams son, Rufus Wheeler, stated in a letter,
My fathers name was William I. Wheeler, and he had eight
brothers and one sister. His fathers name was John Wheeler.
He was raised in Canada. His wifes name was Ellen Perkins.
I think she was raised in Lincoln County, Tennessee, but they
raised their family in Georgia.
William Wheeler and Jane Cole married on December 18,
1848.
The children of William Wheeler and Jane Cole were:
1. John William Wheeler (10/20/1851-3/20/1931)
2. Elizabeth Ann Wheeler (2/2/1853-
9/20/1855)
3. Georgia Ann Wheeler (6/12/1856-
1887)
4. Rufus J. Wheeler (5/18/1858-
1936)
5. Jefferson D. Wheeler
(8/4/1861-?) In 1920, the
census shows that Jeff D., age
58, single, was living in
Seattle, Washington, with his
brother John and John's wife
Susan. John and Jeff were
The Wheeler line is one that connects with
some folks from Grayson County, Texas, which
connects with a Cole line from Lincoln County,
Tennessee, researched by James Danley. From a
Find A Grave site for Jane Cole Wheeler, there is a
Larry E. Barnes who posted some excellent infor-
mation.
My interest is with some folks in Mineral Wells
and Breckenridge. I have been to the courthouse at
Palo Pinto and Breckenridge years ago. Thanks for
any information. Anita Emberlin, Oklahoma
So the first thing I did was to ask a couple of
Wheelers that I know if they had information on
the Wheeler-Cole family line, but they didnt have
any information for this person.
The second thing I did was to contact ancestry.
com. I am just amazed at the number of Wheeler
families who were living in Palo Pinto County in
the 1940 census.
Acie and Lydia Wheeler lived in Mineral Wells.
Margaret and William Wheeler lived in rural Palo
Pinto County. Elie and Ada Wheeler lived in rural
Palo Pinto County. Martin and Katie Wheeler lived
in rural Palo Pinto County. Frances and Wayne
Wheeler lived in rural Palo Pinto County. Johnnie
and Clara Wheeler lived in Mineral Wells. William
and Elva lived in rural Palo Pinto County. Gussie
and Horace Wheeler lived in Brazos. Auda and
and Katie Wheeler lived in Mineral Wells. Chester
and Vivian Wheeler lived off Natty Flat Road. After
all that, there were loads of children and relatives
living with almost all of their families. Wheeler is
most definitely a Palo Pinto County name!
In 1920 there was a Charly Wheeler, age 20, liv-
ing with his or her parents, Thomas Lee Wheeler
and Lapatre Pate Texas Hill Wheeler, who were
living in Justice Precinct 5 of Palo Pinto County.
Thomas had been born in Texas in 1878, had lived
in Oklahoma for a while and then moved back to
Palo Pinto County. He died in 1956 in
Weatherford. His wife, Pate, was born in DeKalb,
Ala., in 1874 and died in Weatherford in 1947.
They had six or more children, including Charly,
Gary, Julia, Lewlia, Chester, and Robert.
I did find that a Henry W. Wheeler, 1416-1470,
had married Mary Elizabeth Cole, 1438-1475, and
there were two children, John W. and Thomas.
Henry was born in Cranfield, Bedfordshire,
England, where he married Mary Elizabeth in
1455. Mary Elizabeth was also born there.
And, of course, we couldnt let a Wheeler article
go without mentioning our former county tax
assessor and collector, Max Wheeler, so retired
from that position in 2002. I remember all those
years of writing our tax check to Max Wheeler.
Thank you, Max, for your service to Palo
Pinto County!
I received this email last week:
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employed as elevator operators.
6. Mary J. Wheeler (12/14/1863-3/20/1866)
7. Robert J. Wheeler (10/6/1865-1946?)
On the list I found it stated that the names and
dates of the children were supplied by Thomas
Oren Wheeler (1914-2000), son of James W.
Wheeler (1872-1940) and Lena Caroline (Von
Keller) Wheeler.
The 1860 census from Grayson County, Texas
tells the following:
William R. (Ira) Wheeler, 33, teamster, born in
Georgia.
Jane Wheeler, 32, born in Tennessee.
John W. Wheeler, 9, born in Tennessee.
Georgana Wheeler, 4, born in Texas.
Rufus Wheeler, 2, born in Texas.
Wheeler family notes show that William
Wheeler died February 17, 1866, making him just
38. His cause of death is unknown.
Although much of this information was written
on note paper from the Jacksboro National Bank,
the writer, Thomas Wheeler, was from Van
Alstyne, Texas, in Grayson County, and the family
appears to have come from Lincoln County,
Tennessee, sometime after the Civil War, as this
reference states.
Thomas further indicates that John William, son
of William and Jane, was married to Martha Jane
George. They had three children, James William,
Thomas, and Margaret (Maggie). Martha Jane
died in 1877, and John William married Sue Bell
Gumm. They had three children, Ira Ray, Jesse
(Jack), and Benjamin.
John and Marthas son, James William married
Lena Caroline Keller, and together they had
thirteen children, James, William, Lena,
Caroline, John, George, Oscar, Maggie,
Elizabeth, Baby boy (died at birth), Lora,
Thomas, and Robert.
Another Wheeler in the
same time and area was
James A. Wheeler (1823-
1891) who was married
to Jane P. George. They
were in Lincoln County,
Tennessee, in 1860. They
move to Grayson County,
Texas, where they are buried
in Cannon Cemetery as is
Robert B. George and his wife
Minerva Cole George. So, William Wheeler mar-
ried Jane Cole. Jane and Minerva are daughters of
Eli and Hester Fincher Cole who were in Lincoln
County, Tennessee, in 1850, and they all appeared
to have moved to Grayson County, Texas.
William and Jane Wheeler's son, John W., mar-
ried Martha Jane George (1851-1877), who possi-
bly is the daughter of the above James A. George.
Another source states: William Ira Wheeler,
6/30/1827 - 2/17/1866, was married in 1848 to
Jane Cole, 7/29/1828- 8/24/1872. They are shown
as being from Virginia and moving to Tennessee
by 1851. This may, or may not, be so. At this
point it's unknown which counties they might
have lived in in Virginia.
Another source shows a Robert Wheeler on the
1870 Grayson County, Texas, census with mother
Jane Wheeler. This is likely the Robert Drue
(Drury?) Wheeler who was on the 1900, 1910,
1920 Cooke County, Texas, census. This is the
next county from Grayson, and 1930 Foard
County, Texas, census before he moved with his
wife Mary Bell Hestand to Carter County,
Oklahoma, in late 1930 where a son George
Wheeler lived. Foard County is on the Red River
west of Wichita Falls and Carter County is just
north of the Red River.
Mary Bell died August 1944 in Healdton, Carter
County, Oklahoma, living outside of town, attend-
ing the Church of Christ. Tom Smith preached
her funeral, and she was buried in Hewitt
Cemetery near Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma,
but there is no marker grave for her. There was
William Monroe Wheeler and about four others
with marked graves in the Hewitt cemetery.
Here is a short genealogy of one of the other
Wheelers of early Palo Pinto County.
Children of John Wheeler and Eliza Whorton
are:
i. William Anderson Wheeler
ii. Henry B. Wheeler
iii. James D. Wheeler, b. May 14, 1874
iv. Mary Belle Wheeler, b. November 1876
v. Thomas Lee Wheeler
vi. Robert Allen Wheeler
vii. Dollie A. Wheeler, b. February 14, 1883,
Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX; d. July 3, 1888,
Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX.
viii. Calp Floyd Wheeler
ix. Almer W. Wheeler, b. March 20, 1888,
Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX; d. August 14,
1888, Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX.
x. Sussie Myrtle Wheeler, b. March 14, 1890,
Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX; d. April 16, 1957,
Santo, Texas; m. Sam Stone, January 1912; Burial:
Bosley Cemetery
xi. Sidney C. Wheeler, b. December 20, 1891,
Brazos, Palo Pinto County, TX; d. July 19, 1957,
Santo, Texas; m. Edith R. Miller, May 16, 1916;
Sidney was county commissioner of Graford;
Burial: Landreth Cemetery (east of Santo)
Children of John Wheeler and Laura
Littlefield are:
xii. Farris Marlin Wheeler
xiii. Phelm Danial Wheeler
Another Palo Pinto County Wheeler
was Charlie Franklin Wheeler, born Dec.
1, 1894, and died November 26, 1897.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Wheeler and is buried at
Indian Creek Cemetery. This
is possibly the family listed
above.
What information do
you have on the Wheeler
families of Palo Pinto
County and the surrounding
areas of Texas? If you have
information, please let us hear
from you at sue_seibert@att.net.
Until next time, yall take care. You hear?
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Until next time, yall take care. You hear?
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DANGEROUS GROUNDS
By Jim Dillard
T
odd Carmichael travels the world looking for
the highest-grade coffee beans he can find to
supply his lucrative coffee business named La
Columbe. After 18 years of perfecting his products, he
has opened cafes in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago,
Washington, D.C., and Seoul, South Korea, where his
coffees are in great demand.
A television show entitled Dangerous Grounds,
which has aired on the Travel Channel the past two
years, chronicles his travels to distant lands around the
world in his attempt to satisfy his customers with some
of the most exotic coffee varieties and flavors in the
world. In his travels to third world countries and other
places where only the most exotic coffees can be
grown, he faces an exhaustive array of logistical prob-
lems, infrastructure and travel challenges, and hostile
elements in the cultures he encounters. The threats to
his safety seem insurmountable in his quest for coffee
brewing excellence.
One hundred-fifty to 160 years
ago, no grounds more dangerous
could be found along the
Texas frontier than those in
Palo Pinto County. Settlers
came here, not for coffee, but
for land where they could sub-
sist raising livestock, crops and
their families. The logistical
problems many encountered
just to get to Palo Pinto
County from Eastern states
seemed overwhelming,
but on they came. Some
settled in Northeast and
Central Texas before
venturing into unoc-
cupied lands here in
the prairies, hills
and valleys of the
Brazos River and
its tributaries.
When they
arrived and
found land
to their lik-
ing, they
literally
started
from
scratch to establish homesteads to begin a rugged life
few people today could imagine, much less endure.
Initially, commodities were hard to come by and
required travel to distant frontier towns to secure basic
supplies necessary to survival. Not until Galconda
(Palo Pinto) was established in 1857 as the county seat
of Palo Pinto County did merchants begin to establish
mercantile businesses where basic supplies could be
purchased.
If those problems weren't enough, Indians lurked
throughout the region stealing livestock and taking
lives of those early settlers caught off guard. Native
Americans occupied these hard scrabble lands for
thousands of years, where they hunted, fished, and
gathered whatever they could to survive. Archeological
records and artifacts left on the land tell the story of
their existence here for thousands of years in their
"land of milk and honey." When white settlers moved
into the region, fierce and aggressive Comanche and
Kiowa Indians held reign over this region which they
viewed as their ancestral hunting grounds. These war-
rior society Indians were masters of horsemanship and
could take livestock and kill defenseless settlers before
help could arrive. They also began to take items such
as clothing, utensils, and metal objects from the white
men which they learned to use to their advantage. The
inevitable clash of cultures along the Texas frontier
and in Palo Pinto County would spark two decades of
violence.
Between 1858 and 1875, the blood of settlers and
Indians stained the hills and valleys of Palo Pinto
County as diametrically opposed cultures fought to
take or keep possession of the land. Settlers in Palo
Pinto County usually were not confronted with large
forces of Indians, rather small raiding parties that
would sneak into the area looking for opportunities to
steal horses, take captives, or kill and scalp unsuspect-
ing settlers or travelers. They would strike without
warning, do their dastardly deeds and vanish. No one
was safe in Palo Pinto County during that period.
Going anywhere without a gun was foolish, and even
then, Indians had the advantage over anyone caught
out in the open or unprepared to defend themselves.
Homesteads were often miles apart, making settlers
vulnerable to surprise attacks with no prospect of
help.
Compounding the issue of security for settlers in
Palo Pinto and surrounding counties was the departure
of federal troops from Texas military forts and camps
along the Texas frontier during 1861 at the beginning
of the Civil War. Indians from the two reservations in
north Texas located in Young and Shackelford counties
had also been relocated to Indian Territory. Although
local volunteer units, rangers, and state militia units
had been organized and deployed to protect the fron-
tier, Indians were still able to conduct raids with impu-
nity throughout the region. Settlers "forted up" for
safety while others abandoned their homesteads and
livestock and moved to the security of settlements to
the east. Those that stayed faced an uncertain fate.
The first reported victim of Indians in Palo Pinto
County was thought to be John Edwards, a boy seven
years of age, who was scalped alive while playing in a
lot by five Indians. He lived for several months but
died from the effects of his wound. Another account
indicates that in 1860 a slave named Wesley owned by
John Cravens was the first man killed. He was found
dead with an arrow through him.
On Nov. 27, 1860, a raiding party of 50 to 60
Comanches moved into Palo Pinto County after strik-
ing in Jack and Parker counties, where they killed sev-
eral settlers and stole about 300 horses. On Staggs
Prairie, located just northeast of present Mineral Wells
in the vicinity of Fort Wolters, Martha Sherman was
taken by the Indians and "outraged," tortured, scalped
alive and left for dead. She lived only four days after
the attack and gave birth to a stillborn child. The other
members of her family were allowed to escape the hor-
rible ordeal. Martha Sherman is buried in the Willow
Springs Cemetery, located eight miles east of
Weatherford.
The Indians then moved northwest across Turkey
Creek, where Thomas Eubanks lived with his family.
When the Indians approached the house, one of his
daughters accidently discharged a gun and the Indians
moved off. They crossed the mouth of Keechi Creek
and moved on into Dark Valley, where they stole an
additional 300 horses from Jowell McKee. They
chased Tom Mullins and Billy Conaster to the safety of
Ansel Russell's store, about one and-a-half miles west
of Graford, before leaving the county. This Indian raid-
ing party was pursued by citizens, rangers and soldiers
who caught up with a portion of the group on the
Pease River on Dec. 19, where several Indians were
killed and captive Cynthia Ann Parker was rescued.
Another Indian attack occurred in Palo Pinto County
on Dec. 15, 1860, when Mrs. "Grandma" Cohen was
shot in the back with two arrows while being chased
on horseback. Her wounds were not fatal and she sur-
vived. During 1863, Fred Colley, a German immigrant,
Indian depredations in Palo Pinto County
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was searching for horses six miles west of Palo Pinto,
near Metcalf Gap, when he was suddenly charged by a
large number of Indians. He immediately turned his
horse toward the Dodson Ranch, located two miles
away on the headwaters of Eagle Creek, but was
wounded by an arrow as he tried to escape. He pulled
the arrow from his body and used it to whip his horse
during his flight to escape the pursuing Indians. When
he reached the Dodson Ranch, he fell from his dead
horse.
On Feb. 28, 1863, Benjamin Franklin Baker traveled
to his neighbor, Dr. G.P. Barber, for some pork. After
starting back home, and just a quarter-mile from Dr.
Barber's home, he was ambushed by a group of eight
to 10 Indians, who shot him with four arrows two in
his back, one in his arm and one in this thigh. He fled
back to Dr. Barber's place, but died as he reached the
gate. They stole Baker's horse, and those belonging to
Dr. Barber, before departing. The following day,
William M. Peters, who lived 13 miles south of Palo
Pinto, was traveling to Palo Pinto on a horse that was
in poor condition to visit his father. About four and-a-
half miles west of Palo Pinto, he was attacked by the
same band of Indians and escaped to a deserted log
cabin. He was shot in the forehead through a crack in
the cabin wall and scalped by the Indians.
Henry Galty was ambushed by Indians while looking
for cattle along the Brazos on April 5, 1863. During
1864, Buddy Williams was killed by Indians near the
southern part of Palo Pinto County near the Parker
County line. During that same year near present-day
Gordon, Mrs. Mary Reasoner and James Vaughn were
wounded by Indians, but recovered. Andy Chapman
was also killed by Indians while being chased four
miles east of present-day Whitt. Had his horse not
stumbled, he might have made his escape.
During the fall of 1863, Henry Welty was killed in
Palo Pinto County by Indians while out hunting on
foot for some stock. He was shot with a gun and sever-
al arrows by Indians who had concealed themselves in
a clump of shin oak brush about three-quarters of a
mile from his house. His body, horribly mutilated,
was found three days later by neighbors.
During 1865, a small group of Indians were being
pursued by cattlemen three miles south of present-day
Graford between Big and Little Keechi creeks. When
the Indians were about to be overtaken, they stopped
and made a stand. During the fight, Ben Caruthers, a
young man of 19, was mortally wounded by an arrow.
On Feb. 21, 1865, Henry Maxwell was killed and
scalped on his farm located on Onion Branch, south of
the Brazos River and 15 miles from Weatherford.
Tipton "Tip" Seay was killed on June 1, 1866, in a run-
ning fight with Indians about six miles southeast of
Santo.
Even after the close of the Civil War and return of
federal troops to the frontier, Indian depredations con-
tinued. Indians could travel great distances from their
camps in Indian Territory or below the Llano Estacado
to raid and then vanish before local, state or federal
units could be assembled for pursuit. Some retaliatory
expeditions were successful in recovering stolen live-
stock and captives and killing Indians that had commit-
ted the raids.
Elbert Doss was killed in Palo Pinto County on April
24, 1869, during a gunfight between Indians and the
"Ikard outfit." Sixteen Indians were trailed to the rough
country six miles west of present-day Mineral Wells.
Twelve Indians ran under a bluff and four stayed on
their horses as the cowmen closed in. During the fight,
Sam Newberry shot one Indian and John Doss possibly
killed another. Elbert Doss received a fatal wound and
died instantly on the scene. Most of the Indians' horses,
saddles, bridles and ropes were recovered.
Another Indian atrocity occurred in northern Palo
Pinto County on Nov. 8, 1870. Well-known cattlemen
Marcus L. Dalton, James Redfield and James
McCaster were returning from a six-month cattle drive
to Kansas, where they sold 600 head of steers for
$15,000. After spending the night in Weatherford at the
house of Dalton's son-in-law Dr. D. P. Vollintine and
purchasing supplies and wagons, they traveled west on
the Fort Worth-Belknap road towards their homes in
Palo Pinto County. As they approached Loving's Valley
near the Parker-Palo Pinto County line about a mile
northeast of Peadonville, they were attacked by 30 to
40 Indians that had concealed themselves behind a
fallen live oak tree near the road. All three men were
riddled with arrows and scalped. The Indians took
everything of value they could, but did not find
$11,500 in greenbacks Dalton had hidden in old shoes
in a trunk.
On June 26, 1872, Palo Pinto County Justice of the
Peace Chesley S. Dobbs was run down and killed by
Indians southeast of Palo Pinto in Pleasant Valley. The
following day, his scalp was recovered near the Old
Painted Camp at the mouth of Keechi Creek on the
Brazos River. The last recorded Indian fatality in Palo
Pinto County occurred on Feb. 22, 1873. The previous
day, Jesse Veale, his two brothers Henry and P., and
Joe Corbin left Palo Pinto to hunt and fish northwest of
town along Ioni Creek and the Brazos River. They set
up their camp in the draw between Antelope and
Crawford mountains and set out fish hooks at the
mouth of Ioni Creek and the Brazos River. While hunt-
ing in Garland Bend of the Brazos River, they found
several Indian horses and saddles. Despite knowing
Indians were in the area and the danger they posed, the
boys decided to continue their hunting and fishing trip.
The following day, Jesse and Joe left camp to check
the fish hooks they had set at the mouth of Ioni Creek.
Before leaving, Jesse decided to try one of the Indian
saddles on his horse they had found the previous day.
Henry and P. set out to go upriver past Ioni Creek and
search for a powder horn Henry had lost the day
before. It appeared that somehow during the short trip
to the mouth of Ioni Creek, Jesse's horse became
frightened and dismounted him. Suddenly, six or eight
Indians were around them. Joe was able to escape and
go for help as Jesse fought to his death. When Joe
returned with several men from nearby ranches, Jesse
was found dead, sitting against a double elm tree. His
gun and hat were missing but he had not been scalped.
Jesse had wounded some of the Indians but most
escaped despite efforts by local citizens to locate them.
It would not be until 1875 that the danger of Indian
depredations in Palo Pinto County would end, when
the Red River Indian War concluded and Quanah
Parker's band of Qhahadi Comanches moved out of
West Texas and onto a reservation in Indian Territory.
There were many other incidents where early settlers
in Palo Pinto County were attacked, killed or wounded
by Indians and survived. The number of Indians killed
in Palo Pinto County is unknown since their bodies
were usually taken away by their fellow warriors when
possible. Many Indians also lost their lives in pursuit
of their cultural way of life and remain a part of our
historical identity. Those perilous times in the history
of Palo Pinto County were a testament to the tenacity
of people who came here and believed this place was
worth dying for and securing for generations to come.
As you travel the highways and byways of Palo Pinto
County, remember the dangerous grounds of Palo
Pinto County's past and those who lost their lives here
on both sides of the conflict.

Sources: Painted Pole: The Beldings And Their

Ranches In Palo Pinto County by Barbra Belding
Gibson; Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C.
Gwynne; Indian Depredations in Texas by J. W.
Wilbarger; History of Palo Pinto County, Palo Pinto
County Historical Association, Inc. 1978; and Internet
sources.
continued from page 10
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June 2014 NORTH TEXAS STAR Page 14
THE RACE
By Wynelle Catlin
(Writer's note: this story is from Ida Lasater
Huckababy's Ninety-Four Years in Jack County.
She got it from the Dallas News. Mrs.Huckabay's
father was a boy in Jacksboro at the time. I'm
sure he was there cheering loudly.)
I
n midsummer of 1859, John Butterfield and
Captain Harrison met at a dinner in New
York City.
John Butterfield was justly proud of his over-
land stage and never tired of entertaining the men
of the East with the wonders of the glorious
West, his stupendous line of about 3,000 miles,
and the speed of the horses and mules. He elabo-
rated on the mules there was nothing to equal
them.
Captain Harrison pompously smoked and lis-
tened, but mule talk and mule speed grew tire-
some to the captain of a 20,000-ton steamer, and
after moments of endurance, the captain ventured
that his vessel could go all around South America
and beat the mules to San Francisco.
Butterfield was quick with, "I'll bet you can't."
"What will you bet?" asked the captain
between puffs of smoke.
"One hundred thousand dollars," cried
Butterfield with a bang of his fist on the table.
The guests burst into laughter and a offered a
storm of questions. With much hilarity and jok-
ing they demanded that the wager stand. Captain
Harrison was more than willing. There was noth-
ing afloat to equal his Great Eastern, and surely
there was nothing afoot.
Butterfield was likewise sincere and assured.
He would stake his own fortune on his Texas
mules. He requested three months for prepara-
tion. New coaches were purchased to be held in
readiness at many points along the route. The
drivers selected were experienced teamsters, and
only the fastest span of mules and teams of hors-
es were held at the change stations.
The Great Eastern, in perfect running order
with a selected crew, its alert captain and passen-
gers and cargo, steamed out of New York and
turned south. The captain had marked the short-
est course. The vessel was to take the rough and
calm seas alike, not a knot was to be lost. The
great liner could spread 7,000 yards of sail and
her eight engines could turn out 11,000 horse-
power. On and on she sailed around Cape Horn,
up the Pacific and on the last leg of her journey.
Over the prairies and desert sped the Texas
mules. There was more interest and excitement in
the overland race. The steamer ran along on the
water, but on land there were bursts of cheers
every 10 to 20 miles. As the faint cloud told that
the stage was coming, the population began its
oration. It increased as the stage grew nearer and
the little change stations became one wild melee
of noise, dust, sweating and plunging horse flesh.
Each little station stood in readiness with a
fresh driver and fresh teams. Before the horses
had scarcely stopped, they were unfastened from
the traces; others plunging were held in check,
just long enough to be fastened. The driver threw
the mail from one boot of a stage to another. If it
was at the station where coaches were changed
there was only a slacking of speed.
The excitement reached its climax as the stage
started its dash from each station. Yells and
cheers followed the rocking stage as long as it
was visible in the cloud of dust. The mules
seemed to have almost a sportive attitude. On
other trips they might have had to be urged. On
the Butterfield race they were held in check. The
stage swayed and bumped but miraculously it
kept itself righted. The frontier had never known
such excitement; it far exceeded Indian raids.
Side bets and side interest almost equaled that of
the participants; the gaming thrilled from coast to
coast with the race.
Twenty days of travel, of changing horses and
mules, wild driving through the vastness by
teamsters who thought only of the safety of the
mails and the stations next to be reached. Twenty
days and the last relay dashed into the San
Francisco station.
The ovation there was led by John Butterfield.
Thirty-six hours later the Great Eastern docked.
John Butterfield and his mules had won.
continued on page 16
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continued on page 16
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JOHN BUTTERFIELD
I
n 1857, John Butterfield, of New York, was awarded the contract to carry
mail, via stagecoach, from the more settled east, across desert and Indian
hunting grounds, to the newly established state of California.
The 2,795-mile route selected was called the Oxbow Route, swinging down
through Indian Territory, across the Red River into Texas, through Jack County and
the Great American Desert (now known as West Texas) then on to California.
The contract awarded was for $600,000 per year to furnish a semi-weekly ser-
vice.
To equip the route required 100 stage coaches, 1,000 horses, 500 mules, 50 driv-
ers and 500 other employees. There were superintendents for each division, agents
for each station, blacksmiths, cooks, water haulers and guards for equipment and livestock. Even so, Indians once drove
away 80 horses and mules from a herd of 200 near Belknap.
Mail by stagecoach, or by ocean steamer around South America, was the only mode of communication with California.
There was no transcontinental telegraph until 1861 or railroad until 1869.
The Butterfield stages continued on their routes until 1861 when the Civil War began.
A post office in Utica, N.Y., Butterfields birthplace, is named the Butterfield Station.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM
HARRISON
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illiam Harrison, of Great Britain,
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young adult. He became well-known and
noted for his adept and courageous handling
of ships and crews.
In 1856, he was selected by Eastern Steam
Ships from 200 competitors to captain the
Great Leviathan, then being built. Later chris-
tened the SS Great Eastern, it was the largest
and fastest ship ever. It was 692 feet long,
with gross tonnage of 18,915 and the capacity
to carry 4,000 passengers and crew of 400. With 8,000 horsepower, it
had a speed of 14 knots and could travel halfway around the world with-
out refueling.
Harrisons sailing career continued until he drowned in a freak acci-
dent while docking from a small boat in England. Thirty-thousand people
followed his body to the grave.
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A
n artists drawing of the proposed new
High School buildings for Mineral Wells
is carried on this page of the Daily
Index, the picture and information made avail-
able through the courtesy of Superintendent H.L.,
Irsfeld and the local School Board. The architects
are Charles Welch and Don Hampton, of Mineral
Wells and Sweetwater.
Supt. Irsfeld stated that the architects are about
mid-way through the planning stage of the struc-
tures and that the school board anticipates seek-
ing bids about mid-fall, the first phase of con-
struction probably running around $1,500,000,
and when the plant is finally finished at a cost of
around two million dollars, or the amount of the
bonds already voted for the project and to be sold
this fall.
The schools and grounds east of Mineral Wells
will occupy some seventy acres reserved out of
old Camp Wolters property, the school facing
south, a campus type structure. Looking at the
drawing, the back row, left, is the gymnasium
and vocational departments, to the right a series
of class room units, with an auditorium, music
department and cafeteria on the right.
In the center front, is the administration building, and in it the library and a material center. On the right and left of the center administration
building in the front, are two buildings that will probably not be constructed at the present time, but are planned for future expansion or more
scholastic needs.
A student parking lot will be in the rear and public parking in front. City, county and state highway planners are now planning a study of traf-
fic construction that will eliminate any special hazardous travel to and from school, it was stated.
The School Board is seeking the new high school plant to take care of a heavy demand of High School scholastics contemplated in 1968. When
finished, the present high school will be taken over by Austin Junior High, and the present old high school building now occupied by Austin,
will be kept on a standby basis to be used to meet whatever needs develop as the years come and go, it was stated.
This past school year, the high school and both Junior High Schools have been crowded to the limit, the population of Mineral Wells continues
to grow at a rapid rate-and the school board is wisely making plans to take care of the growth in the schools with new construction.
June 2014 NORTH TEXAS STAR Page 20
STORIES & SNIPPETS
New High School Construction Bids To Be Let In Mid-Fall
Monday, June 15, 1966 Mineral Wells Index
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Artist drawing of the proposed new Mineral Wells High School Building.
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JUNE 1, 1963
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JUNE 2, 1875
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horses. His surender effectively end the Red River War of North Texas.
JUNE 8, 1871
Kiowa Chiefs Satanta, Satank and Big Tree leave Fort Sill to stand trial for murder in
Jacksboro, Texas. The charges arose from killings perpetrated during the Warren Wag-
ontrain Raid on May 18, 1871. The three chiefs were accused of leading the incursion
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JUNE 11, 1899
Mary Whatley Clarke newspaper editor and reporter, western historian, and author
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recounted the history of her home county.
JUNE 22, 1876
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newspaper in the county. The weekly newspaper's slogan was: "Let Justice Be Done
Though the Heavens Fall."
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