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Dove Creek Battle Witness Sees End of Frontier Era
The last eyewitness to the Dove Creek clash of January 8 1865, Thomas B Stark, dies in Proctor near Comanche at age about 90. The piece recalls Stark recalling the Battle of Dove Creek, the march of Bosque Johnson and other counties to defend against Kickapoo and other tribes, Captain Totten and Captain Fossett leading Bosque, Erath, Comanche and others, and the brutal winter fight that followed the engagement along Dove Creek near San Angelo.
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Dallas Morning News
Dove Creek
Juddie Martin
Proctor
Comanche
Thomas B. Stark
San Angelo
Mr. Stark
Texas
Frontier
Bosque, Johnson, Coryell
Erath
Hamilton
Brown and
Coleman
Guillentine
Bvatts
Upper
Brazos
Fort Phantom Hill
ftoYig
Clear Fork
Elm Creek
Abilene
James Buckner
Buck) Barry
Fort Belknap
Barry
Bosque County
Walnut Springs
Ross Barry
James W. Throckmorton
Kangas
Palo Pinto
Stephens
Jack
Wise
Montague
Col. Barry
Clay County
Kansas
Mexico
Johnson, Bosque, Coryell
Brown
Camp Salmon
Deep Creek
Stephens County
Breckenridge
Totten
Scratchfield
George Scrutchfield
Clifton
Captain Totten
Meridian
Salmon
Stephenville
Jameson’s Peak
Captain Rice
Hamilton County
J. R. Alford
Hico
James Cunningham
J. A. Wright
Jesse Greene
Comanche County
Culver
Erath County
Jack Odle
H. C. Odle
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight
Little Elm Creek
Colorado
Concho
Fossett
Knickerbocker
Fittack
Treiner
Fosset