1857 – The Fancher Wagon train, led by Captain Fancher, leaves north-west Arkansas for California. The wealthy, well-equipped group comprises 50 men, 40 women, and 50 children. They will never arrive at their destination.
1887 – Mannen Clements was killed in a gunfight in the Senate Saloon in Ballinger, Texas by city marshal Joe Townsend.
