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The Pioneer Coalsons |
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Barksdale,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
29° 43' 31.27573999992",
-100° 2' 8.6848199988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Indians attacked goat camp of Nick Coalson on June 1, 1877; son Arthur, 10, was killed; Johnny, 14, wounded. Coalson escaped after 3 hours of hard fighting. One year later he lost his wife Alice, a daughter Etta Elizabeth (twin of Arthur), and infant stepson in another Indian raid. Captains Pat Dolan and Dan Roberts with Texas Ranger units, S. D. Coalson (Nick's son), U.S. Army scout Jim Hill, Jim and John Welch, and Henry and Sam Wells pursued but failed to find the Indians. The victim's graves are near old homesite, on Half Moon Prairie. Coalson descendants are prominent in Texas history. (1972)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Pioneer Coalsons Historical Marker Location Map, Barksdale, Texas
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