Details for Little Salt Creek Indian Fight
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5503003101
Data
| Marker Number | 3101 |
| Atlas Number | 5503003101 |
| Marker Title | Little Salt Creek Indian Fight |
| Index Entry | Little Salt Creek Indian Fight |
| Address | SH 199, SE of Olney |
| City | Olney |
| County | Young |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 530894 |
| UTM Northing | 3688950 |
| Subject Codes | cowboys; Native Americans |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Olney, take SH 199 about 6 mi SE |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Duel between a cattle roundup crew and Indians, on May 16, 1869. Cowboys attacked at their work were Shapley Carter, Bill Crow, and Henry Harrison, all of Palo Pinto County; crew captain Ira E. Graves, J. W. Gray, W. C. Kutch, and Jason McClain, of Jack County; George and John Lemley and Rube Seachrist, Young County; Dick, the cook from Tarrant County. All day the crew held at bay 57 Comanches, who left that night. Nine cowboys were wounded--Carter, Crow, and John Lemley died. Texans never forgot the unprovoked attack. |