The Pioneer Coalsons

(Cedar Creek Ranch and graves about 9 miles WNW) Indians attacked goat camp of Nick Coalson on June 1, 1877; son Arthur, 10, was killed; Johnny, 14, wounded. Coalson escaped after 3 hours of hard fighting. One year later he lost his wife Alice, a daughter Etta Elizabeth (twin of Arthur), and infant stepson in another Indian raid. Captains Pat Dolan and Dan Roberts with Texas Ranger units, S.D. Coalson (Nick's son), U.S. Army scout Jim Hill, Jim and John Welch, and Henry and Sam Wells pursued but failed to find the Indians. The victims' graves are near old homesite, on Half-Moon Prairie. Coalson descendants are prominent in Texas history. (1972)

The Pioneer Coalsons is a historical marker in Barksdale, Edwards County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in Edwards County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7246, -100.0347 near Barksdale. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Nix Mill (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dixie Settlement, First Baptist Church of Barksdale, and Barksdale.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014128. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.