Adobe Walls

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Adobe Walls is a historic frontier trading post site in the Texas Panhandle best known as the location of two major 19th-century battles between Native American warriors and buffalo hunters.

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instanceOf frontier trading post site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximately 35.676°N 101.373°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse archaeological and commemorative site ⓘ
destroyed 1845 ⓘ
hasMarker Texas state historical marker ⓘ
hasMemorial monument to Billy Dixon ⓘ
monument to fallen Native American warriors ⓘ
hasPart First Battle of Adobe Walls site ⓘ
Second Battle of Adobe Walls site ⓘ
hasVisitorFacility commemorative monuments ⓘ
historical markers ⓘ
heritageDesignation Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ⓘ
U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
inception 1843 ⓘ
knownFor First Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
locatedIn Hutchinson County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Texas Panhandle ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Borger, Texas ⓘ
Canadian River ⓘ
Stinnett, Texas ⓘ
locatedOnTerrainFeature Canadian River breaks ⓘ
namedAfter adobe-walled buildings at the post ⓘ
operator Bent, St. Vrain & Company ⓘ
originalFunction supply center for buffalo hunters ⓘ
trading post ⓘ
ownedBy private landowners ⓘ
partOf Southern Plains ⓘ
history of the American Indian Wars ⓘ
history of the American frontier ⓘ
history of the Texas Panhandle ⓘ
reestablished 1874 ⓘ
significantEvent First Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
Second Battle of Adobe Walls ⓘ
attack by Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors in 1874 ⓘ
attack by Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne warriors in 1864 ⓘ
buffalo hunting boom on the Southern Plains ⓘ
decline of Southern Plains bison herds ⓘ
defense by buffalo hunters in 1874 ⓘ
long-range rifle shot by Billy Dixon ⓘ
significantFor conflict between Native American tribes and U.S. expansion ⓘ
transition from open buffalo range to settlement ⓘ
topicOf studies of Plains Indian wars ⓘ
studies of the Red River War ⓘ

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