Privates Gregg, William Max, W. H. Kilpatrick, and other soldiers serving under General R. S. MacKenzie in the Fourth U.S. Cavalry met death in this region in 1871-1872 and 1874-1875. With no hope of honor if victorious, no dream of mercy if they fell, and the certainty of death by torture if taken alive, they fought the Comanche and cleared the plains for the white men.