Battle of Dove Creek Recap Ends with Heavy Losses and Snow
The April 2 1933 Dallas Morning News installment details Captain Fossett and Totten's retreat after a five and a half hour battle. 26 killed and 60 wounded on the ground, 60 70 horses lost, 75 Indian ponies captured, brutal snowstorm follows, and preparations to bury the dead at the Concho area. Survivors recount acts of courage and the harsh march home.
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Dove Creek
Dallas Morning News
Juddie Martin
Totten
Colorado Country
S. H. Powers
Concho
Chism
John Anderson
Comanche
Ike Richardson
Hamilton
Dave Smith
Hamilton County
Bill Poole
Falls County
J. McCabe
Sam Power
McCain
Stark
Richard
Dick) Cunningham
Comannche and
Goree
James Cunningham
Rites Held For Henry Bagley
Henry C Bagley longtime Chillicothe resident buried Friday March 13. Oldest son of Frank and Charity Bagley he lived in Chillicothe 53 years. Survived by wife Gertrude four sons Lee Arthur Henry Jr George and George Jr two daughters Mae Ford and Myrtle McIntosh four brothers Miles Tom Bill and George all of Comoache three sisters Ida Dunlap Bess Youngblood and Nora Barry and 15 grandchildren.
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Henry C. Bagley
Chillicothe
Mr. Bagley
Frank
Charity Ann Bagley
Gertrude
Lee
Arthur
Los Angeles
Calif
Henry Jr
Mesquite
George
Lubbock
la Mae Ford
India
Myrtle McIntosh
Amarillo
Miles
Tom
Bill
George Bagley
Comanche
Ida Dunlap
Dea
Bess Youngblood
Houston
Nora Barry
Pleasanton
T D Collins Dies In Plano
T D Collins died in Plano on March 10 at age 64. Burial was in Erath Garden of Memories in Stephen ville. He was the son of the late Dr and Mrs W D Collins and married Mattie Lee Ball in Comanche on November 24, 1928. He led Iverson Oil Field Supply Co of Tulsa before retirement in 1958 and was president of Ideco Supply Store. A Presbyterian, he had lived in Plano two years and is survived by his wife a daughter Mary A Markham two brothers Jerry Collins of Gustine and Dale of Midland a sister Cleo Harvey of Gustine and three grandchildren.
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T. D. Collins
Plano
Erath Garden of Memories
Stephenville
Collins
W. D. Collins
Mattie Lee Ball
Comanche
Masonic Lodge
Gustine
Iverson Oil Field Supply Co
Tulsa
Ideco Supply Store
Card of Thanks for Toby Collins Family
The family of T. D. Collins thanks dear friends for kindness during sorrow over Toby's loss. Jerry Hinshaw of Stephenville works at the Comanche office of Texas Power and Light Co. this week while Mrs. Daviddie Dabney is on vacation.
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Toby
T. D. Collins
Jerry Hinshaw
Stephenville
Comanche
Texas Power and Light Co
Daviddie Dabney
Political Announcements For Judge Clerks And Officials
Chief announces political candidates for the Democratic Primaries on May 2 and June 1 1970 including Calvin Lee Ewart Steed Pred Wall Wayne M Swindle Betty Conway Charlie Marshall Ben Wilhelm Azalea Ellis Elio Brinson Frank Seckinger Ottis S Fields and others with reselection noted for several posts. Advertisements must include at least one signature and avoid denigrating remarks.
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FBI
Justice OF Peace
Friends of Candidates
Mrs Cadenhead Rites In De Leon
Mrs. W L Cadenhead 65 of De Leon died March 12 in a De Leon hospital. Services were 2 p.m. at First Baptist De Leon with Elder Andy Hudson officiating. Burial in De Leon Cemetery. Born February 28 1905 in Comanche County she married Bill Cadenhead December 24 1923 in Rock Bluff. Survived by husband two daughters a brother and a sister.
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W. L. Cadenhead
de Leon
First Baptist Church
Andy Hudson
Primitive Baptist Church of
Cadenhead
Comanche County
Bill Cadenhead
Rock Bluff
Jack Morton
Alvarado
Doris Cadenhead
Tommy Gray
Walter Cadenhead
Fort Worth
Rites Held For Sellers Infant in Comanche
Infant Gerry Glen Sellers, son of Mr. and Mrs. J H Sellers of Comanche, died Friday morning. Graveside services were held Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. Gene Foust officiating. He is survived by his parents two brothers and both grandmothers and grandfathers.
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Jerry Glen Sellers
J.H. Sellers
Comanche
Oakwood Cemetery
Gene Foust
Gerry Glen
Thurssday
James Ray
Jimmy Wayne
Annie Sellers
Irvin Williams
Fort Worth Couple Visits Comanche Friends Sunday
Fort Worth Mr and Mrs Gene Vineyard head family visited Comanche friends and relatives Sunday for a social visit.
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Fort Worth
Gene Vineyard Ead
Local Family Guests Share Weekend at Blackwood Home
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Vice Jr and H. F. Vice Sr visited Splendora and Waller families, joined by Libby Vice, Jim Dwight, and regional relatives from Dallas. Richards and Stew households hosted Austini residents for a weekend gathering with the Richards and Williams clans in Arlington.
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Floyd Vice, Jr
Splendora
H. F. Vice, Sr
Waller
Libby
Jim Dwight
Dallas
W. D. Blackwood
Richard
Gail Stew Michael and
Deryck
Aust
Billy Willliams
Arlington
Paul Richards
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Culver
Erath County
Sam Barnes
Bosque County
Noah Bibles
Don Cox
Tom Parker
W. W. Pearce
Cleburne
Guillentine
James H. Mabray
Bruce McCain
Chism Ranch
Scratchfield
Jack Wright
Capt. Culver
Frath County
Cox and
John
Alford
J. R. Alford
Hico
Everthing
Thomas B. Stark
Tom Green
Bruce
Bronce
Home Guard
Mc-Cain
John C. Cureton
C. M. Cureton
Col
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight
Texas
Deve Cunningham
Tp&l
Traas Power & Light Company
Baxter Building
Boat Insurance
Goodson Insurance
W. Central Ave
Herb Goodson
General Telephone
Henry
Bagley
Court of Civil Appeals
Austin McCloud
Mitchell County
Calvin Lee
Ewart Steed
Pred Wall Wayne M
Swindle
Betty Conway
Charlie Marshall Ben
Wilhelm
Azalea Ellis
Elio
Brinson
James H. Dudley
Eddie McDougal
Samphifer
Prank Seckinger
Justice E of Peace
Ottiis
Fields
Motorola
Blackwood Visitors
B.T.U
Carrier-Bock Company
Perkins Electric Co
West Wright Comanche, Texas
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