Woolfolk-McCall House
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
Marker Inscription
One of the first brick homes in Weatherford, this structure was begun in late 1860s and occupied by Joseph A. Woolfolk (1836-1918), one of two attorneys who defended Indian Chiefs Satanta and Big Tree, charged in 1871 wagon train massacre. In 1879 it was purchased by lawyer George A. McCall (1849-1915) and greatly enlarged with stone and frame additions. After almost 100 years of ownership, the McCall family sold the house in 1972 to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Wiley. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1975
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
One of Weatherford's first brick homes, this house was begun in the late 1860s by attorney Joseph A. Woolfolk—one of two lawyers who defended the Kiowa chiefs Satanta and Big Tree, tried in 1871 for a deadly wagon-train raid in a landmark case that tested frontier justice. Lawyer George A. McCall bought and greatly enlarged the home in 1879, and his family held it for nearly a century before selling in 1972.
Why it matters
The trial of Satanta and Big Tree was one of the first times Native leaders were prosecuted in a U.S. civil court, and this home ties a quiet Texas street to that fraught chapter of the Indian Wars.
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Related people
- · Joseph A. Woolfolk
- · George A. McCall
- · Satanta
- · Big Tree
Related events
- · Trial of Satanta and Big Tree
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