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Little Salt Creek Indian Fight

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SH 199, SE of Olney, Olney, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 20' 21.41532999996", -98° 40' 4.83402"
 
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     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.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Little Salt Creek Indian Fight Historical Marker Location Map, Olney, Texas