Packsaddle Mountain
Llano, Llano County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Two and one half miles east on the Packsaddle Mountain, in a battle fought August 4, 1873, Captain J. R. Moss, Stephen B. Moss, William B. Moss, Eli Lloyd, Arch Martin, Pink Ayers, E. D. Harrington and Robert Brown routed a band of Indians thrice their number. The last Indian battle in this region.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
On August 4, 1873, atop Packsaddle Mountain a few miles east of here, Captain J. R. Moss led a small party of settlers — among them his kinsmen and neighbors — against a band of Native fighters said to outnumber them three to one. The settlers prevailed in what the marker records as the last Indian battle in this region. The fight closed a long era of frontier conflict in the Texas Hill Country.
Why it matters
The clash marks the violent final chapter of the frontier in central Texas, as Anglo settlement displaced the Native peoples who had long contested the region.
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Related people
- · J. R. Moss
- · Stephen B. Moss
- · William B. Moss
- · Eli Lloyd
- · Arch Martin
- · Pink Ayers
- · E. D. Harrington
- · Robert Brown
Related events
- · Battle of Packsaddle Mountain, 1873
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