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Battle of the Twin Villages. / 33.952008833°N 97.626693000°W / 33.952008833; -97.626693000. The Battle of the Two Villages was a Spanish attack on Taovaya villages in what is now Texas and Oklahoma by a Spanish army in 1759. The Spanish were defeated by the Taovaya and other Wichita tribes with assistance from the Comanche .
[61] [14] The Wichita Falls weather service office issued a tornado warning for Clay County at 6:11 p.m. CST shortly before the office lost power. [124] Homes were destroyed by the tornado south of TX-79 along a path from Wichita Falls to Dean, and Petrolia, contributing to the $15 million damage toll wrought by the twister in Clay County.
Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, [ 1] famous for founding the Foursquare Church. McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass media for wider dissemination of both ...
The Desk and Derrick Club of Wichita Falls will hold the club's August meeting at noon Aug. 21 at The Forum. The speakers will be Wendy Sparks, Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs president, and ...
August 7, 2024 at 7:30 AM. A small, practically forgotten city park in Wichita Falls will get a new lease on life. Conoco Park, a little wedge of land where Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard meets ...
Bee Awareness Day 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Kids Club Bee Week 10 a.m.-noon Wichita Falls Farmers Market, 807 Austin St. Downtown Farmers Market Celebration 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 713 Ohio Ave. Celebrating the ...
Coordinates: 33.9129°N 98.4882°W. The Museum of North Texas History in Wichita Falls, Texas depicts the history of the area with exhibits, pictures, clothing and artifacts, [1] striving to show the rich heritage of north Texas and how it is relevant today. [2] Permanent exhibits include the Bill English Military Collection, the Heritage Hall ...
The alliance between the Wichita, especially the Taovayas, and the Comanche began to break up in the 1770s as the Wichita sought a better relationship with the Spanish. Taovaya power in Texas declined sharply after an epidemic, probably smallpox, in 1777 and 1778 killed about one-third of the tribe. [29]