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Oberthier lauds Comanche County history with memorial ideas
Former Comanche County resident Fred H. Oberthier praises Mrs. E G Wells book Blazing The Way and shares details from local history in a letter to The Comanche Chief. He urges a marble monument, recalls the Dove Creek and Hog Creek battles, Phantom Hill road, barbed wire impact, and calls for a second edition.
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Fred H. Oberthier
Comanche County
Hereford
Comanche
J. R. Eanes
E. G. Wells
Dove Creek
Wells
Dave Cunningham
Major Totten
San Angelo
U.S
Totten
Old Mexico
Frank Tankersley
Tankersley
Hog Creek
Uncle Dave
T. J. Helmsley
Mr. Helmsley
Phantom Hill
Parson Featherston
Blanket
Jeff Greene
Round Mountain
Greene Ranch
Brown County
Mr. Greene
Jack Wright
Jack