Catlett Creek

Catlett Creek is a creek in Wise County, Texas.[1]

Location

The creek is located in Wise County, in central Texas.[2] Its source is five miles north of Decatur, and it runs for twelve miles until it reaches Sweetwater Creek near Bluett.[2]

History

In the 1840s and 1850s, it was the sight of skirmishes between Native Americans and European settlers.[1] The creek was also where Daniel Waggoner first settled in Wise County in the 1850s, later to establish his Waggoner Ranch.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gregory Michno, The Settlers' War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s, Omaha, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2011, p. 363
  2. 1 2 "CATLETT CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbcrw), accessed November 14, 2014. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  3. ↑ Gary Cartwright, Showdown at Waggoner Ranch, Texas Monthly, January 2004

Coordinates: 33°14′20″N 97°26′22″W / 33.2390°N 97.4394°W / 33.2390; -97.4394


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