| Marker Number |
721 |
| Atlas Number |
5463000721 |
| Marker Title |
In This Vicinity June 24, 1841, Captain John Coffee Hays |
| Index Entry |
Hays, John Coffee |
| Address |
SH 187 |
| City |
Utopia |
| County |
Uvalde |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
451116 |
| UTM Northing |
3264897 |
| Subject Codes |
rangers; military topics; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 187, W side 7.6 mi. S of Utopia and 4.2 mi. NW of FM 1796 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
In this vicinity June 24, 1841, Captain John Coffee Hays and his Company of 12 Rangers assisted by thirty Mexicans under Captain Flores encountered ten Comanche Indians and killed eight and captured the other two and none of the Rangers were killed and but one wounded. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
