Tuesday, April 23, 2024
CORYELL MUSEUM
This is an article about a letter sent to Miss Zelma Scott who wrote A History of Coryell County. This letter is found in our collections, on very brown paper, unlined and written by Dave Grubb, son of Wiley P. Grubb and Georgia Hester in 1945.
The letter is as follows:
Dear Zelma,
The Indians came on moon shiny nights and they would steal all the horses they could find, throw them together. The Indians were good, fast riders and they would drive those horses in a dead run, so they would be out of the country by daylight. The horses that could not keep up with the bunch, they killed every one of them.
You had to be prepared at all times in case the Indians made a raid on your home. Father bought bars of lead and they were put in ladles and put over hot fires and melted and poured into bullet molds. The copper ball pistols were always kept loaded and double barrel muzzle loaded shotguns. You first poured in each barrel the powder then the gun wading then tamped it with a long stick. Then you poured in the shot and it was tamped the same way then your gun wadding over that, then at the end of the barrel you placed a cap on (the back end) each tube. You pulled your hammer back one at a time, pull the trigger and shoot, then turn and use the other barrel the same way.
Your friend,
Dave Grubb
Coryell Museum and Historical Center is open for tours 10-4 p.m. on Wednesday thru Saturday. We have 24,400 square feet in air conditioning and 1,000 square feet in our beautiful Courtyard Garden. Tour the museum and shop in our Gift Shop where we have a wonderful array of unique Coryell County items, Spurfest T-Shirts and delightful soaps!
