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Frontier Tales From 1850s Texas Ranch Life
In the winter of 1856 Captain Baylor led Comanche and Delaware scout Jack Hunter on a buffalo hunt near Camp Cooper then toward Pease River. Hunters killed Jack Hunter after the hunt. Baylor later settled a cattle ranch on Clear Fork, facing constant Comanche raids. In 1858 Cassidy and Waoley arrived to establish Hubbard Creek ranch. Thurston, a Black man, joined later. An ambush killed Thurston, with Cassiday and Wooley narrowly escaping to Baylor's ranch. The attackers tracked them toward the Comanche Agency. a lanced horse named Belton survived and later aided in avenging Comanche deaths.
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Baylor
Jack Hunter
Hunter
Camp Cooper
Phantom Hill
Pease River
Captain Baylor
Cam
Fort Belknap
Cedar Fork
Texas
Loss
Cassiday
Thurston
Hubbards Creek
Ross
St. Louis
Cassidy
Mr. Ross
Virgel Wooley
Wooley
Capt
Ross-Cassiday
Mr. Cassiday
Hubbard Creek
Capt. Baylor
Belton
Baylor Ranch
Thubbard’s Creek
Comanche Agency