Tenth Cavalry Creek
Clara, Wichita County, Texas, USA
FIRST CALLED GETTY'S CREEK, THIS STREAM WAS RENAMED BY COWBOYS AND SETTLERS WHO FOUND NEAR ITS MOUTH, ON RED RIVER, REMAINS OF A MILITARY OUTPOST GARRISONED BY THE U.S. TENTH CAVALRY FROM 1873 TO 1875.
MOST OF THE NEGRO SOLDIERS AND WHITE OFFICERS STATIONED THERE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE FEDERAL ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) AND AT FORT SILL, IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
THIS STAKED TIMBER OUTPOST WAS ATTACKED BY INDIANS; LEGEND SAYS THAT ALL THE OFFICERS, MEN AND HORSES KILLED IN THE BATTLED WERE BURIED IN A COMMON GRAVE SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS CREEK.
STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE, TEXAS 1970
FIRST CALLED GETTY'S CREEK, THIS STREAM WAS RENAMED BY COWBOYS AND SETTLERS WHO FOUND NEAR ITS MOUTH, ON RED RIVER, REMAINS OF A MILITARY OUTPOST GARRISONED BY THE U.S. TENTH CAVALRY FROM 1873 TO 1875.
MOST OF THE NEGRO SOLDIERS AND WHITE OFFICERS STATIONED THERE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE FEDERAL ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) AND AT FORT SILL, IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
THIS STAKED TIMBER OUTPOST WAS ATTACKED BY INDIANS; LEGEND SAYS THAT ALL THE OFFICERS, MEN AND HORSES KILLED IN THE BATTLED WERE BURIED IN A COMMON GRAVE SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS CREEK.
STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE, TEXAS 1970
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- Added: 10 May 2015
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2578432
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