​In Memory of Fourth U.S. Cavalry

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Marker Text: Private Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick and other soldiers who met death in this region while serving under General R. S. MacKenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. with no hope of honor if victorious, no dream of mercy if they fell, and the certainty of death by torture if taken alive, they fought the savage Comanche and cleared the plains for the white men. (1936)

Marker No: 2043

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker

Geographic: 33.477409, -100.838097

Location: Spur Cemetery, local road of Highway 70, .25 miles east of Spur city limits