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3/19 of… 1836

Battle of Coleto Creek, TX: Troops under the command of Col. James Fannin surrender after a desperate battle with Mexican Cavalry. (see: Wk. 13, 03/27/1836)  {001}

1839

Rachael Plummer, age 20, died in Houston, TX. Her red hair turned grey and her health destroyed she lived barely a year after her release from a two year captivity by the Comanche. (See: Wk. 20, 05/20/1836 & Wk. 25, 06/19/1837)  {001}

1840

San Antonio, TX: The Council House Fight; Comanche Leaders come to parley under a white flag. They return a hostage, but the young girl,  Matilda Lockhart, has been mutilated (her nose burned off). Then, the whites attempt to arrest and hold the Indian delegation hostage seeking the return of whites hostages held by Indian bands not represented at the conference. The situation deteriorated into a massacre. A dozen chiefs were killed at the Council House and 35 more warriors and several women and children were also killed in the city streets and across the river.. The Indians feel that a truce has been betrayed and the bad blood and killing will go on for years.   {001}

1848

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp+5 born in Monmouth, IL; Pimp, Gambler, Gunfighter, Lawman.  {001}

1850

Henry Wells (L) and William Fargo (R) found the American Express Company.  Photos: U.S. PD c. 1860′s (colorized)  {001}

1864

Charles M. Russell born in St. Louis, MO; major Western Artist.  {001}