The Pioneer Coalsons
(Cedar Creek Ranch and Graves about 7 Miles WNW)
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Marker Text: Indians attacked goat camp of Nick Coalson on June 1, 1877; son Arthur, 10, was killed; Johnny, 14, wounded. Coalson escaped after 3 hours of hard fighting. One year later he lost his wife Alice, a daughter Etta Elizabeth (twin of Arthur), and infant stepson in another Indian raid. Captains Pat Dolan and Dan Roberts with Texas Ranger units, S. D. Coalson (Nick's son), U.S. Army scout Jim Hill, Jim and John Welch, and Henry and Sam Wells pursued but failed to find the Indians. The victim's graves are near old homesite, on Half Moon Prairie. Coalson descendants are prominent in Texas history. (1972)
Marker No: 14128
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 29.725353, -100.035744
Location: .5 miles north of Nueces River on SH 55, Barksdale
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