University of Texas at Austin
College of Liberal ArtsCredits & Sources
The Red River Wars webpage was written by Brett Cruse and Patrica Mercado-Allinger of the Texas Historical Commission. Graphics were created by Roland Pantermuehl, also with the THC. They would like to recognize the Red River War Project funding partners:
- Amarillo Area Foundation
- Summerlee Foundation
- National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program
- Abell-Hanger Foundation
- Harold and Joyce Courson
- Summerfield G. Roberts Foundation
- David & Nona Payne Foundation
- Josephine Anderson Charitable Trust
- Helen Irwin Littauer Education Trust
- Amos N. Molyneaux Trust
- M. K. Brown Foundation
Other support has come from the Old Mobeetie Texas Association, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, and the Panhandle Tourism & Marketing Council.
Links
www.texasbeyondhistory.net/forts/
Learn more about the U.S. Army in Texas, frontier forts, and the conflict
in west Texas in "Nineteenth-Century Forts and the Clash of Cultures
on the Texas Frontier," a 12-section thematic exhibit on Texas
Beyond History.
www.cr.nps.gov/military.htm
Sponsored by the American Battlefield Protection Program of the National
Park Service, this is an excellent resource for those interested in military
history and the sites of significant battles.
www.mobeetie.com/pages/rrwar.htm
A site devoted primarily to the Red River War, with excellent archival
images and an informative timeline of the various engagements.
www.panhandleplains.org
The website of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, an important stop
for anyone planning a visit to the Panhandle area. The museum features
excellent exhibits on the West, the oil industry, transportation, and
ranching heritage and the webpage provides an brief overview of each as
well as a calendar of upcoming events and exhibits.
Sources
Carlson, Paul H.
2005 Deep Time and the Texas High Plains History and Geology. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.
Carter, Robert G.
1935 On the Border with Mackenzie. Enyon Printing, Washington.
Cruse, J. Brett
2008 Battles of the Red River War: Archeological Perspectives on the Indian Campaign of 1874. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.
Dixon, Olive K.
1927 Life of "Billy" Dixon. Southwest Press, Dallas.
Haley, James L.
1998 The Buffalo War: The History of the Red River Indian Uprising
of 1874. State House Press, Austin.
Jones, C. Douglas
1966 The Treaty of Medicine Lodge: The Story of the Great Treaty Council
as Told by Eyewitnesses. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
Marshall, J. T.
1971 The Miles Expedition of 1887-1875: An Eyewitness Account of the
Red River War. The Encino Press, Austin.
Mercado-Allinger, Patricia and J. Brett Cruse
2000 The War for the Plains: Rediscovering Battles That Swept the Warrior
Tribes from Texas. Scientific American Discovering Archaeology Magazine,
pp. 62-69.
Rathjen, Frederick W.
1973 The Texas Panhandle Frontier. University of Texas Press, Austin.