Texas Timeline Index
1874 January 11
Gail Borden dies. He had published newspapers during the Texas Revolution, surveyed the wilderness, and invented condensed milk.1874 January 17
Carpetbagger rule in Texas ends with the election of a Democratic government.1874 April 05
Houston business tycoon Jesse Jones is born in Tennessee.1874 May 02
John B. Jones is commissioned major in the Texas Rangers' Frontier Battalion.1874 June 27
The Indians lose the second battle of Adobe Walls.1874 August 30
The first fight of the Red River Indian War takes place in Palo Duro Canyon.1874 September 12
The battle of 'Buffalo Waller' begins in Hemphill County; six men hold off over 100 Indians for three days.1874 September 14
The Sixth Cavalry arrives just in time to scare off Indians attacking Lyman's wagon train.1874 September 28
Gen. Ronald MacKenzie led his men in one of the last major Indian battles in Texas, at Palo Duro Canyon.1874 November 24
J.F Glidden patents barbed wire.1874 December 26
Joe McComb stages the first commercial buffalo hunt in Texas.
