They Came In Peace - Leona Bruce - Coleman County, Texas

TABLE OF CONTENTS

     1.    His Name Was Robert Coleman            1
     2.    McCord                                                    3
     3.    Some Left Their Names                        6
     4.    William H. Day                                        9
     5.    The Bartons Of Home Creek                12
     6.    RichCoffey                                             15
     7.    Mukewater Bill                                    17
     8.    A Log House In The Gap                    19
     9.    Earl Y. Brown                                         22
   10.    The House That Sam GhoLson Built    27
   11.    Cabins On The Home Creek               30
   12.    The Fiveash Stoiy                                33
   13.    Clay Mann                                             36
   14.    The Graves In The Trickham Street    39
   15.    80 John                                                   42
   16.    First Lady On Home Creek                  45
   17.    Lula Brooke Harvey                             50
   18.    Forty Square Miles Of Grass             56
   19.    Coleman City                                         60
   20.    The Becks                                              66
   21.    Man Of Peace                                        69
   22.    Cleveland                                               72
   23.    The Dibrells                                           78
   24.    Live And Let Live                               83
   25.    Vicky                                                    89
   26.    They Came From Everywhere              93
   Conclusion                                                      97
   Index                                                               98

INDEX

Alexander, Bob, 95
Alexander, Frank, 53, 61
Anson, Billy, 74
Anson, Francis, 74, 86
Armstrong, Noah, 94
Ashford, Bob, 63
Austin, City of, 2, 12
Austin, Moses, 2
Austin, Stephen F., 2
Averitt, John C., 62, 64, 69

Bailey Family, 14
Ballinger, 74
Banister, John R., 16, 27
Banister, Will, 8
Barefoot, Mary, 6
Barton, Bailey, 13, 14
Barton Family, 7, 12, 23, 30
Barton, Lem, 13
Baughs, 50, 52, 57, 64
Bead Mountain, 19 64, 70, 74
Beck, Firmin, 67
Beck, Henry, 66
Bedow Brothers, 15
Benites, Miguel, 60
Bexar County, 60
Blackwell Family, 97
Blair, Mrs. G. N., 71
Bloys, W. B., 62, 64, 68
Boles, E. W., 39
Bomar, John, 19, 64
Bowen, R. S., 60, 62
Brady, City of, 4, 25, 60
Branch, Hetty Wallace, 43
Brazoria County, 9
Brazos River, 24
Brooke, J. G., 50 f
Brooks, W. C., 20, 51, 97
Brown, Burl, 40, 47
Brown, Earl Y., 13, 22, 25, 61
Brown, Emzy, 77
Brown, lap, 52
Brown, John Earl, 23, 97
Brown, W. B., 62
Bruce, C. D., 25
Brushy Creek, 2
Burnet, City of, 12
Bums, Ella Knight, 91
Burton, Charlie, 46
Butler, S. H., 63

Callan, J. M., 46
Callan, M. M., 53, 65
Camp Colorado, 4, 6, 28, 46, 51, 54, 60
Camp Cooper, 3
Camp Creek, 7, 12
Carmean, 40
Chisholm Trail, 61
Chisum, John, 8, 16, 27, 31, 40
Clear Creek, 20, 37, 40, 45
Cleveland, Caroline, 72, 86
Cleveland, George P., 72 f
Clow, R. J., 60
Cochrane, Dr., 54
Coffey, Fogg, 40 f
Coffey, Rich, 9, 15, 61, 95
Coggin Brothers, 16, 22, 30
Coke County, 71
Coleman City, 4, 10 28, 46, 60
Coleman County, 27
Coleman Junction, 79
Coleman, Robert M., 1, 60
Coleman Telegram, 63
Coleman Voice, 63
Collins, L. E., 28, 63, 74
Colorado River, 1, 51
Comanche County, 40
Comanche Indians, 2, 24, 47
Concho County, 9
Concho River, 13
Cooper, Ben, 37
Costley, W. B., 52, 61
Cotton, I. M., 86
Coulson, W. 1., 74
Cow Gap, 25
Creswell, A. S., 94
Creswell, Lem, 95
Crocker, Helen Ann, 70
Cross, F. M., 40
Cross-Tie Ranch, 43
Cumberland University, 9
Currie Brothers, 95

Daniel, John, 7, 30
Daugherty, Emma, 29
Davidson, John D., 85
Davis, Gov. E. 1., 12
Day, Will, 95
Day, William H., 9, 57
Day, Willie Mabel, 10
Deats Ranch, 25
Deaver, Chet, 97
Democrat, Coleman, 63
Dibrell Families, 57, 64, 71, 78 f
Dibrell, Walter C., 76
Dibrell, William C., 81
Doan's Crossing, 61
Dodge City, 61
Dofflemyer Brothers, 7, 17, 30, 39
Doss, H. H., 76
Driskill, I. M., 9
Dunman, May, 95
Dunman, Robert L., 64

Eagle Pass, 5
Edmondson, S. C., 29
Elkins, 1. M., 95
Elkins, John, 36, 52, 94
Elkins, Kin, 36, 52, 62
Ellington, Lot, 34
Elm Creek, 15, 47, 61
Evans, Albert, 84 Evans, 52

Fence Cutters, 57
Ferguson, I. N., 86 99
Fiveash, Dick, 34
Fiveash, Enoch, 17, 27, 33, 39
Flat Top Store, 97
Ford, R. A., 89
Fort Belknap, 5
Fort Concho, 18, 72
Fort Mason, 3, 45
Fort Sumner, 27
Fort Worth, 18, 61, 67
Foster Brothers, 95
Fowler, Levi, 28
Franks, Bill, 17

Galveston News, 48
Garrett, Elizabeth, 71
Gates, Mary J., 71
Gatewood, 64
Gatlin, 95
Gay, Beatrice. 64
Gholson, Sam, 27, 42, 52, 61 f
Gill, B. W., 40
Gillett, James B., 16, 27
Gordon, 15, 17
Gossett, J. L., 61
Gould-Busk, William, 57, 97
Greaves, L. D., 52, 61, 62
Green, Collie, 40
Guest Brothers, 15

Halbert, Zora, 79
Harvey, Lula Brooke, 50 f
Hatcher, Curley, 27
Hay Creek, 14
Hering (Herring), Andrew, 93 f
Hochheim, 83
Home Creek, 4, 7, 13, 45, 60, 72
Hoover, Mrs. Nettle, 77
Hords Creek, 3, 46 f
Howington, Bert, 95
Hunter, Abe, 61
Hunter, Malcolm, 52, 61, 70
Hunter, W. W., 19, 33, 39

Idlewild Crossing, 14
Indian Creek, 36, 42

Jackson, Jim, 36, 53
Jim Ned Creek, 1, 4, 27, 42, 52, 60, 85
Johnson, Dudley, 52, 53
Johnson Family, 27
Johnson, Tom. 64
Jordan, 8
Jordan, Frank and Vicky, 89 f
Junction City, 47, 60

Kansas, 9, 10
Karnes, Prof, 79
Kelso, John, 46
Kettler, Sophie. 93
Key, D. P., 61
King, 64
Kingsbery, Henry, 95
Knight Family, 89
Kokernot, Lee, 84

Lane, Dr., 54
Lawrence, William, 37
Lea, 1. C., 11
Lindsey, Bettie, 87
Litchfield, Earl of, 74
Litt, Mrs. Louis, 87
Lodge, Ed, 62

Mahoney, George, 25, 56 f
Malcolm Sisters, 57
Mann, Clay, 17, 361, 42, 52, 85
Mathews, Drayt, 64, 90
Mathews, Dr. J. P., 97
Maverick Family, 11
Mayberry, 13, 22, 23
Mayberry, Hen, 23, 26
McAlester, David, 17, 23
McAuley, Cal, 31
McCain Family, 17, 30, 39
McCarthy, Mack, 15
McClure, Bill, 68
McCord, James B., 4, 10, 31, 64
McCutcheon, Bill, 84
McElraths, 52
McNamara, 52
Meeks Brothers, 15
Melton Hotel, 86
Miles, Anna, 62
Miles, Jonathan, 42, 62, 76
Miller, J. P., 43, 85
Minix, Miss Emily, 71
Morgan, R. C., 53
Morris, J. P., 37, 43, 831
Morse, W. Y., 61
Moss, Tom, 34
Mugua-ra, 2
Mukewater Creek, 1, 2, 4, 12, 33
Mustang Creek, 67

Newsom, 82
Nixon Ranch, 42
NUN Ranch, 42

Oak Vale, 64, 70, 71
O'Daniels, Mrs. Mary, 42
O'Hara, Capt. Theodore, 3
Old Breeze, 81
Overall, Ezra, 61
Overall, Richard, 16, 45. 60, 66
Overall, Tye, 43, 57 f
Owens, Laura, 43

Paddleford, Henry, 71
Padgitt, Tom, 11
Page, Dr., 34
Parker, 11, 13
Parker, Cynthia, Ann, 15
Parrott, H. Z., 76
Pauley, Dick, 76
Pauley, Melinda, 68
Payton Hotel, 86
Pecan River (Bayou) Perry, Ida, 58
Perry, T. T., 58
Peters, Emory, 17
Pettitt, Miss, 79
Pincham, Martha, 84 f
Pittman, Ben H., 94
Pitts, Capt. William A., 9 2, 27, 42, 60, 85 100
Popnoe, 47
Potter, 49, 55

Rafter 3 Ranch, 37, 83
Red Wire Pasture, 10
Rendleman Brothers, 96
Robinson's Peak, 62
Rucker, R. M., 62

Sackett, Henry, 52
St. Clair, L. D., 52
Sanderson, Dan, 31
Santa Anna Mountains, 20, 45, 51
Santa Anna's Peak, 2, 3
Sharp, Frank, 45
Shield, Charlie, 34
Shield, Lee, 18, 40, 58, 62
Sinclair, Miss Emily, 71
Stacy, Jess, 64
Stanphil, W. P., 28, 29
Starkweather, 97
Stephens, James, 71
Stewardson Family, 64
Strong, Tom, 95
Swaim, Bryan, 31

Taber, J. W., 30
Tankersley, L. J., 40
Texas Rangers, 1, 6, 14, 27, 37
Thide, Joseph, 67
Thorp, Charles, 75
Tooke, Bella, 90
Trap Crossing, 94
Trickham, 4, 12, 14, 23, 34, 39
Turkey Water, 19, 70

Upton, Dave, 8, 39

Valera, 70
Van Dorn, Major Earl, 3
Viets, Janie, 55

Waco, 46, 51
Wake Forest College, 69
Wallace, John, 37, 421
Walters, Moses, 32
Walton, J. C., 20
Waring, Dick, 76
Watts, George, 6
Watts, John, 6
White, T. J., 64
Whon, 7, 25
Williams, Bill, 17, 39, 61
Williams Family, 37
Williams, Luke, 53
Wilmeth, Joe, 75
Wilson, Julie C., 21
Woodward, J. O., 64
Wright, Joe, 17