Buffalo Wallow Battle Ground
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 40.634 W 100° 16.345
14S E 384851 N 3948895
Classic Anglo - Indian Battle.
Waymark Code: WM6MR9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/22/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Erected by: The Panhandle-Plains Historical Society.
Date Marker Erected: September 12th, 1925.
County of Marker: Hemphill County.
Location of Marker: CR-15, 1 mile S. of FM-277 (& loc. of Stage Station Marker), 7 miles E. of US-83, 15½ miles S. of Canadian.

Marker Number: 565

Marker Text:
Here on September 12th, 1874, two scouts and four soldiers defeated 125 Kiowa and Comanche Indians.

Scouts:
William Dixon
Amos Chapman

Soldiers:
Sergeant Z.T. Woodall, Co. I
Peter Rath, Co. A
John Harrington, Co. H
George W. Smith, Co. M, 6th Cavalry

Stand Silent:
Heroes here have been
Who cleared the way for other men

Erected by Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, September 12th, 1925. This site marked under direction of J. J. Long, Mobeetie, Texas. Mrs. William Dixon, Miami, Texas.

(1966)
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