Spur in Dickens County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Fourth U.S. Cavalry

In Memory Of

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 7, 2017

1. Fourth U.S. Cavalry Marker

Inscription. Privates Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick and other soldiers who met death in this region while serving under General R. S. MacKenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. With no hope of honor if victorious; no dream of mercy if they fell; and the certainty of death by torture if taken alive; they fought the savage Comanche and cleared the plains for the white men.

Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 2043.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.

Location. 33° 28.662′ N, 100° 50.312′ W. Memorial is in Spur, Texas, in Dickens County. It can be reached from Cemetery Road half a mile east of East Hill Street. Marker is on top of hill, in Spur Memorial Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Spur TX 79370, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Texas’ South Plains.

It is also on the American Great Plains

and specifically on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lisenby-Campbell House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Quanah Parker Trail (approx. 1.1 miles away); Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Spur (approx. 2.3 miles away); Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound

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(approx. 3.3 miles away); Espuela (approx. 7.4 miles away); Redmud Cemetery (approx. 9.9 miles away); Dickens County (approx. 9.9 miles away); Dickens Cemetery (approx. 10.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spur.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 7, 2017

2. Fourth U.S. Cavalry Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 7, 2017

3. Fourth U.S. Cavalry Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 7, 2017

4. Fourth U.S. Cavalry Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 811 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 27, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.