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 of America
surface form: United States
currentUse archaeological and commemorative site
destroyed 1845
hasMarker Texas state historical marker
hasMemorial monument to Billy Dixon NERFINISHED
monument to fallen Native American warriors
hasPart First Battle of Adobe Walls site NERFINISHED
Second Battle of Adobe Walls site NERFINISHED
hasVisitorFacility commemorative monuments
historical markers
heritageDesignation Recorded Texas Historic Landmark NERFINISHED
National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark
inception 1843
knownFor First Battle of Adobe Walls NERFINISHED
Second Battle of Adobe Walls NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hutchinson County, Texas NERFINISHED
Texas
Texas Panhandle NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedNear Borger, Texas NERFINISHED
Canadian River NERFINISHED
Stinnett, Texas NERFINISHED
locatedOnTerrainFeature Canadian River breaks
namedAfter adobe-walled buildings at the post
operator Bent, St. Vrain & Company NERFINISHED
originalFunction supply center for buffalo hunters
trading post
ownedBy private landowners
partOf Southern Plains NERFINISHED
history of the American Indian Wars
history of the American frontier
history of the Texas Panhandle
reestablished 1874
significantEvent First Battle of Adobe Walls NERFINISHED
Second Battle of Adobe Walls NERFINISHED
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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