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Desperate Fighting at Adobe Walls
Described as one of the West’s greatest Indian fights Adobe Walls in Hutchinson County Texas withstood a siege by a force of over five hundred warriors. 28 defenders repelled the attacks in a fortified stockade near a buffalo trading post later revived by Charlie Rath Charley Meyers and others. 1874 encounters and the saloon era at the site are recounted with frontier sketches and notable figures including Masterson and Antelope Jack.
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Adobe Walls
Texas
Hutchinson County
Kit Carson
Carson
Charlie Rath
Charley Meyers
Dodge City
Kan
Buffalo
J. J. Clinton
Fort Dodge
Anadarko
Clinton
Masterson
Red Hills
Night Masterson
Antelope
Jack
Antelope Jack