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Tackett Mountain (Texas)
Tackitt (Tackett) Mountain is a Topographical summit, summit in Young County, Texas, USA. It is located west of the Graham, Texas. Site of famous Indian battle between Pleasant Tackitt and Old Piny Chummy. In the ''Descriptive History of Early Times in West Texas, Western Texas, Volume 2,'' by Joseph Carroll McConnell mentions Tackitt Mountain in the book about the area: "Pleasant Tackett, Pleasant Tackitt, a Methodist minister, settled in Parker County, Texas, Parker County in 1854. Two years later he moved his family to Young County, Texas, Young County, and numbered among the first settlers of that section. The Tackitt home was located on the old Fort Belknap (Newcastle, Texas), Fort Belknap and Austin Road, about nine miles south of the post, near Fish Creek: so named for the Tackitts broke the ice and caught fish during the severe winter weather.....in the evening of February 13, 1860, one of Mr. Tackitt's milk cows came home through the sleet and snow with an arrow stickin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young County, Texas
Young County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 17,867. Its county seat is Graham. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1874. It is named for William Cocke Young, an early Texas settler and soldier. History Native Americans The Brazos Indian Reservation, founded by General Randolph B. Marcy in 1854, provided a refuge from warring Comanche for the Delaware, Shawnee, Tonkawa, Wichita, Choctaw, and Caddo peoples, who had migrated into Texas from other areas. Within the reservation, each tribe had its own village and cultivated agricultural crops. Government-contracted beef cattle were delivered each week. But most settlers were unable to distinguish between reservation and non-reservation tribes, blaming the reservation Indians for the raids by the Comanche and Kiowa. A newspaper in Jacksboro, Texas, titled ''The White Man'' (or ''Whiteman''), advocated removal of all tribes from North Texas. During December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |