The 1865 Indian Creek Raid
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N 32° 58.830 W 097° 29.120
14S E 641532 N 3650143
This marker is next to a creek, between the road and Eagle Mountain Lake National Guard Base.
Waymark Code: WM4Z1C
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
Views: 24
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Indian Creek Raid, 1865
Address: On Morris - Dido - Newark Rd.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
UTM Zone: 14
UTM Easting: 641268
UTM Northing: 3650848
Subject Codes: military topics; Native Americans
Year Marker Erected: 1983
Designations: na
Marker Location: From Fort Worth take US 81/287 northwest about 12 miles. Head northwest on FM 718 about 3.3 miles to Morris-Dido-Newark Road. Head South about 1.7 miles to marker.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 5280
Marker Text:
During the late 1850s Indians on the north Texas frontier became increasingly restive about continued white settlement on their lands. As a result, numerous attacks on Anglos occurred during the years form 1859 to 1875. One such incident took place in Sept. 1865 near this site when 15 mounted Indians attacked two Denton County residents by the names of Smith and Wright. Wright was killed, and Smith, wounded by an arrow, rode to Denton for help. Within a short time, Smith died from blood poisoning caused by his wound. (1983)
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