| Marker Number |
799 |
| Atlas Number |
5463000799 |
| Marker Title |
Chalk Bluff Indian Massacre |
| Index Entry |
Chalk Bluff Indian Massacre |
| Address |
US 55 and Chalk Bluff Road |
| City |
Uvalde |
| County |
Uvalde |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
405915 |
| UTM Northing |
3249377 |
| Subject Codes |
Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1970 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Uvalde, take Highway 55, West about 15 miles at park, Chalk Bluff Road entrance is at 5 miles south of 334 West. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Here on May 29, 1861, two of southwest Texas' most feared Indian fighters were ambushed by a band of 20 hostile Indians. Henry Robinson-- tall and red-bearded-- was so well known to the tribes that they had painted his picture on a rock near the Llano River. He and his companion Henry Adams (also his daughter's fiance) were in route to Camp Wood when the attack came. The Indians, after they had killed the two men, took both their scalps and Robinson's beard, too; they then attacked Robinson's home, but his family fought them off successfully. 1970 |
