Wrinkled Hand Chase

The Wrinkled Hand Chase¹¹ is the story of Pvt. George Washington Dixon Joplin, dispatch rider for Brig. Gen Ranald Mackenzies 4th Cavalry, and his assignment to deliver a history-altering message to General Mackenzie. The problem? Dix is at Fort Concho, Mackenzie is hot on the heels of the Comanches up in the Texas panhandle.

Dix Joplin is a Fort Worth native and 1872 graduate of the Weatherford Ma...