| Marker Number |
24 |
| Atlas Number |
5307000024 |
| Marker Title |
1870s Cowboy-Indian Fight |
| Index Entry |
1870s Cowboy-Indian Fight |
| Address |
US 87 and FM 503 |
| City |
Calf Creek vicinity |
| County |
McCulloch |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
443175 |
| UTM Northing |
3453744 |
| Subject Codes |
cowboys; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
0.5 mile southwest of Calf Creek on FM 1311 (or, from Brady, take US 87 about 16.2 miles west to marker, just east of junction with FM 503). Marker reported vandalized Feb. 2017. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
32" x 48" |
| Marker Text |
Near here in 1874 or 1875, 18 Indians attacked W.B. Brown and two comrades, spooking one horse and capturing bedrolls and grub, but sparing the men, who thankfully escaped. In the 1870s, when they were being driven off the range, capture of supplies meant victory to the Indians. (1973) |
