Catlett Creek is a creek in
Wise County, Texas
Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. Its county seat is Decatur. Wise County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth– Arlington metropolitan statistical area. Its Wise Eyes crime ...
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[Gregory Michno, ''The Settlers' War: The Struggle for the Texas Frontier in the 1860s'', Omaha, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2011, p. 36]
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Location
The creek is located in Wise County, in central Texas.["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
The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
. Its source is five miles north of Decatur, and it runs for twelve miles until it reaches Sweetwater Creek near Bluett.
History
In the 1840s and 1850s, it was the site of skirmishes between Native Americans and European settlers.Daniel Waggoner
Daniel Waggoner (July 7, 1828 – September 5, 1902) was an early American settler and rancher in Texas. He also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company. He established the Waggoner Ranch, which spanned eight counties: Wis ...
first settled in Wise County in the 1850s, later to establish his Waggoner Ranch
The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. .[Gary Cartwright]
Showdown at Waggoner Ranch
''Texas Monthly
''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natura ...
'', January 2004
See also
*List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers ...
References
Wise County, Texas
Rivers of Texas
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