Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery

Creator

Rodger Mallison

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Identifier

20160262

Description

Image shows Charles Shelly Best, cleaning the Brackettville Seminole Indian Scout Cemetery where many of his relatives are buried. The headstone for Carolina July is seen in the foreground with Ray July's headstone visible in the background. Black Seminoles Indigenous Scouts, were part of a fierce and crafty group of United States warriors who were an essential part of taming the west. This is part of a project to tell and bring forth an unnoted history of Black Seminole Indigenous contribution to United States conquest of the West. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram Sunday edition March 25, 1990.

Archival Date

1990-03-25

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-8968

Original Format

Negatives, Color

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Cemeteries; Military personal; Headstones