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Fort Griffin, now a Texas state historic site as Fort Griffin State Historic Site, was a US Cavalry fort established 31 July 1867 by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, U.S. Army [2] under the command of Lt. Col. S. D. Sturgis, [3]: 64 in the western part of North Texas, specifically northwestern Shackelford County, to give settlers protection from early Comanche and Kiowa raids.
Also, Confederate Indian forces under Lt. Col. John Jumper in May 1862 organized to seize Fort Larned in southwest Kansas. The Indians lost interest in the venture and never reached the fort. The Army's main concern, however, was to protect Kansas against guerrilla bands that terrorized residents on both sides of the Kansas–Missouri border. [14]
The route that Lytle blazed across Texas (via Fort Griffin), Indian Territory (via Camp Supply), and by way of Dodge City, Kansas was followed by other outfits and became known as the Western Trail." The 1875 Kansas quarantine law would eventually shut down eastern Kansas rail depots, which led to the development of Dodge City and Ogallala ...
Fort Griffin State Historic Site near Albany hosted a Milky Way photography workshop. The former 1867 outpost has some of the darkest skies in Texas.
The vote represented a new stage of tax debates in the Kansas Legislature as Republicans in the House walked away from the flat income tax they had so desperately wanted and instead threw their ...
Fort Clifton (Kansas) Coldwater Grove's Post; Council Grove's Post; D. Fort Dodge (United States Army Post) Fort Drinkwater; E. Eggert House; Fort Ellsworth (Kansas) F.
The flat tax has been a top priority for GOP leaders for a year.
Thrale House [66] (Flat Iron Building [67]), Southwark late 19th century [68] 44-46 Southwark Street: Southwark, Greater London: Occupied from 1867 by Wright's Coal Tar Soap [69] [70] South Eastern Railway Offices [71]