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Frontier Stagecoach Fight on Wolf Creek Trail
An Arkansas River crossing near Wolf Creek erupts in a stagecoach ambush by Kiowa and Comanche raiders. Dick Weymeier recalls guiding coaches, fending off hostiles with revolvers, and steering the four in hand through floodwaters to safety. He reflects that he suffered a single shoulder wound and would endure the ordeal again rather than relive it.
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Dick Weymeier
Independence
Missouri
Santa Fe
Arkansas
Adobe Ranch
Wolf Creek
Leavenworth
Concord
Colt
Big Sandy
Arkansas Flats
Bill Thorpe
Katzatoa