In 1874 Captain J.K. Blunt moved his family from Erath County to Beasley Crossing in McCulloch County. While chopping wood Blunt was attacked by unidentified Natives among whom was a white man with a large mustache and a broad brimmed white hat. Two of the Indians were killed and the others were driven away. J.M. Franks. Seventy Years in Texas: Memories of the Pioneer Days. Gatesville, Texas, 1924.