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Frontiersman John Coffey survives 1871 Texas ambush tale
A detailed reminiscence recounts the June 1 1871 Spring Creek fight in Coleman County Texas. Dan Arnold and Napoleon Lemmons are killed while John Coffey, fifteen, hides and fights 25 pursuing warriors, surviving with gunshot wounds. The piece notes Coffey later married Mollie Brown and became a respected area figure.
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New Mexico
Dick Robertson
Dan Arnold
Dan
John Coffey
John
Napoleon Lemmons
Coffey
Nip Hammond
John Ferguson
W. A. Bede
Hammond
Spring Creek
Coleman County
Texas
Rich Coffey
Flat Top Ranch
Brazos
Hood County
Concho
Colorado River
Mollie Brown
Little Devil’s River
Noxville