At sunrise in 1839, John Webster’s party emerged from the timber onto open prairie near present-day Leander and saw Comanche riders close behind. The travelers had spent the night forcing two ox-drawn wagons east through ravines and rough country, yet they had covered only about 5 miles. The settlements along the Colorado River—and any hope…
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