Historical Markers in Texas

Onion Creek Indian Fight

Military·McCulloch County·Texas

One night in 1866, five men from Richland Springs (about 25 mi. NE) recovered stolen horses from Indians camped near here. A metal arrow hit a Mr. Lafferty, slid halfway around his skull, was cut out with a pocket knife, and Lafferty survived. The grave of an Indian casualty is about 30 yards north. (1973)

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31.1771, -99.2545

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