| Chalk Bluff History |
Text on the marker at the entrance to Chalk Bluff Park:
Here on May 29, 1861, two of southwest Texas' most feared Indian fighters
were ambushed by a band of 20 hostile Indians. Henry Robinson-- tall and
red-bearded-- was so well known to the tribes that they had painted his picture
on a rock near the Llano River. He and his companion Henry Adams (also his
daughter's fiance) were in route to Camp Wood when the attack came. The
Indians, after they had killed the two men, took both their scalps and Robinson's
beard, too; they then attacked Robinson's home, but his family fought them off
successfully. (The marker was erected in 1970.)
Here on May 29, 1861, two of southwest Texas' most feared Indian fighters
were ambushed by a band of 20 hostile Indians. Henry Robinson-- tall and
red-bearded-- was so well known to the tribes that they had painted his picture
on a rock near the Llano River. He and his companion Henry Adams (also his
daughter's fiance) were in route to Camp Wood when the attack came. The
Indians, after they had killed the two men, took both their scalps and Robinson's
beard, too; they then attacked Robinson's home, but his family fought them off
successfully. (The marker was erected in 1970.)