Fort Griffin Records 1877-2002

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Fort Griffin Records 1877-2002

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ojac/00010/00010-P.html

Printed material, printed biographical material and maps about Fort Griffin, Texas and residents.

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Robert E. Nail, Jr. Archives

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Shackelford County Residents

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Just after the American Civil War settlers began to make their way west for various reasons. The Shackelford County area of west Texas offered many miles of grassland for grazing cattle. Fort Griffin was established in 1867 to protect settlers from the Comanche and Kiowa. The Fort was abandoned in 1881 following the removal of said Indian nations from the area. In addition to its official purpose, Ft. Griffin also served as escort to wagon trains, offered protection to buffalo hunte...

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