On New Year’s Day, 1871, Indian raiders who had stolen horses in Coleman County were pursued and overtaken here by 18 Texas Rangers and cowboys. The group was led by Captain James M. Swisher and rancher Sam Gholson. The Indians took refuge in the heights west of Mountain Pass. The battle lasted all day, and at nightfall the raiders left the horses and fled. Of the fewer than one dozen Indians, one was killed and several were wounded. One cowboy was wounded, and another, J.M. Elkins, recorded the battle in his book “Indian Fighting on the Texas Frontier”.