Presidio
Captain Henry Skillman, C.S.A.
Presidio, TX
Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas before 1846.
El Fortin de San Jose
Presidio vicinity, TX
About 1773, the Spanish garrison at Presidio del Norte, present Ojinaga, Mexico, established El Fortin de San Jose in this vicinity to...
El Fortin del Cibolo
Shafter, TX
Constructed in 1857, El Fortin del Cibolo was the headquarters of the vast ranching empire of Milton (Don Meliton) Faver (ca.
Milton Faver
Shafter, TX
(ca. 1829 - December 1889) The earliest large-scale cattleman to settle in the Big Bend, Milton (Don Meliton) Faver prospered against...
Porvenir Massacre
Marfa vicinity, TX
Porvenir was a community in remote northwest Presidio County on the Rio Grande.
William Edward Russell
Marfa, TX
Kentucky native William Edward Russell (1839-1890) came to Texas in the 1850s and worked his way to the Big Bend region, where he traded...