Stampede Creek
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Marker Text: Stampede Creek takes its name from a horse stampede that occurred near this site in 1839. On may 26 of that year, Capt. John Bird and a ranger force of 34 men encountered more than 200 Caddo, Kickapoo and Comanche Indians at what became known as the Battle of Bird's creek. The rangers returned to Bird's Creek. A week later to bury their dead and then headed west in pursuit of the Indians. The horse stampede took place on the the evening of June 4 while the ranger force camped along the nearby creek , later named for the incident. On July 4, 1876. The stream was the site of another stampede, this time of cattle being driven north from south Texas. (2002)
Marker No: 12820
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Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 31.281303, -97.403755
Location: 6 miles northwest of Temple on SH 36, then 6.8 miles north on SH 317, then 2.9 miles west
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