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Sloan-Journey Expedition of 1838

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Mosier Valley Rd. & FM 157, Arlington, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 48' 27.223236", -97° 5' 57.922188"
 
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     In the spring of 1838, Captains Robert Sloan and Nathaniel T. Journey led a group of about 90 northeast Texas frontiersmen on a punitive expedition against the Indians who had raided their homes in present-day Fannin County. The trail led them to the vicinity of present-day Euless and Arlington, where they attacked a small Indian village, killed several Indians, and recovered a few horses. The Sloan-Journey expedition is among the first known Anglo-American activities in what is now Tarrant County that helped to open north Texas to white settlement.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

 
StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Sloan-Journey Expedition of 1838:
Note, the mapped location of this marker is now a little off. The marker is now located near the entrance of the River Legacy Parks, just south of the mapped location. The entrance to River Legacy Parks is on the west side of Collins Street.

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Sloan-Journey Expedition of 1838 Historical Marker Location Map, Arlington, Texas