In 1857 an Anadarko man, Red Jack, came to Stephenville to buy a bottle of whiskey and became very drunk. It was an odd thing because the Anadarko were known to avoid alcohol. His unusual behavior led to his death and he was buried just west of the current bridge over highway 377, probably along the now Bosque Trail. An article in the February, 1922 Stephenville Tribune by Mack Wilson recalled that around 1900, boys dug up the grave and removed an arm bone which they made into a quirt handle. Mrs. Morque Parnell, an early settler, objected so strongly that the bones were destroyed.