Marquis de Aguayo; Bub Armstrong;
Dr B. B. Baker; H. H. Bancroft;
Gil Antonio Barbo; Mrs Carrie Beard;
P. H. Bell; Jim Berry; Ab Blocker;
John Blocker; John R. Blocker; Napoleon
Bonaparte; Col Bowie; James Col
Bowie; Al Boyce; Nick Brazzil; W.
N. Brazzil; John C. Breckenridge;
Ernest Bridges; John Brown; J. W.
Bryant; W. H. Bryant; James Buchanan;
W. T. Burman; George Calloway; B.
H. Carroll; Mrs Amanda Chapin; Henry
Clay; Bufe Cline; Nick Coalson;
W. W. Cochran; William (Buffalo
Bill) Cody; Mrs M. E. Cole; Frank
Collinson; J. B. Cranfill; Chief
Crooked Foot; John Crosby; Cora
Melton Cross; Arty Crownover; Antonio
Crozat; Cunningham; Dr Cupples;
Tom Daly; Bill Davenport; Jack Davenport;
Judge Davenport; William Davenport;
Nathan Davis; Fleming Van B. Derrick;
Dave Doudle; J. W. Downs; Maj J.
W. Downs; Ben Drake; Bill Duncan;
J. B. Dunn; Mrs Bill Edwards; G.
L. Epperson; Henry Etheridge; Henry
Ethridge; W. A. Fields; Millard
Filmore; Charles J. Finger; F. G.
Finley; Ben Finnel; Henry Ford;
John C. Fremont; John Friend; Adolph
Fry; Sgt; Fusselman; Pat Garrett;
Frank Gaston; James B. Gaston; Jim
Gaston; Ben Gipson; Horace Greeley;
David Guion; Andrew Hamilton; George
Hamilton; Tom Hamilton; Jim Harris;
James B. Hawkins; Ralph Haynes;
O. Henry; Luce Henyard; Henry Herring;
Capt Hickman; Frank Hilburn; Elizabeth
Hoffman; ; Tillie Howard; George
Hubbard; Dan Irby; Joe Jackson;
Col John C. Jacobs; Arkansas Johnson;
Capt M. L. Johnson; William Johnson;
Mrs C. A. Jones; Capt Jones; Capt
Frank Jones; Irvin Jones; Rev Irwin
Jones; Rev Jones; Cal Joplin; Cy
Joplin; Ed Joplin; Murter Neora
Keel; John Kennedy; Ross Kennedy;
Black Jack Ketchum; Wood Kirk; Mrs
P. A. Koen; Dr Lane; W. W. Lang;
Gen Lawton; Lt Lawton; W. J. Layland;
Harvey Ledbetter; John Ledbetter;
Judge Ledbetter; William H. Ledbetter;
John D. Lee; C. M. Lockhart; Dock
Long; Maj Long; Mrs Manning; A.
R. McCollum; Lewis McCombs; McKenzie;
Joe McKidrict; Tom Mead; Mrs Emma
Sieker Mears; Mrs J. W. Mears; Alfred
Moore; Lon Moore; Mustang Moore;
Jim Moss; Bill Mullins; Kinney Murchison;
Pete Murchison; Tid Murchison; Col
A. B. Norton; Louis Oge; Bass Outlaw;
Johnny Patterson; Peak; Miss Nancy
Elizabeth Pendley; Mrs Emma Peterson;
Gum Phillips; C. J. Pierce; Cad
Pierce; Capt Cad Pierce; Zebulon
M. Pike; Lt Zebulon Mongomery; James
K. Polk; Preston Polly; Sidney Porter;
Capt Zeb Porter; "J. Buckle" John
Powers; John Powers; Ike T. Pryor;
Dr Rufus Purleson; Cal Putman; Dr
J. R. Raby; Stoner Raby; John Rheinhart;
Dick Roberts; Emmett Roberts; John
Roberts; Morley Roberts; George
Robins; Marjorie Rogers; A. J. Rose;
Louis Junchereau de Saint Denis;
Mrs Lavina Sandefer; Ben Sanford;
Gideon Scallaron; Scallaron; Selman;
R. E. Cov Sherrill; A. B. Sieker;
A. R. Sieker; Ed Sieker; Frank Sieker;
L. P. Sieker; Capt Lam Sieker; Tom
Sieker; Sheriff Simpson; C. C. Slaughter;
Ben Smith; Clinton L. Smith; J.
M. Smith; Jefferson D. Smith; Joe
Smith; Joe P. Smith; Gen Kirby Smith;
Pincher Stahl; Yancey Storey; Col
Carey W. Styles; John Synder; Dr
Tarver; Bill Tooney; William B.
Travis; John Twohig; lt Malcom Van
Pe; A. G. Vogel; Capt A. G. Vogel;
Miss Josephine Vogel; Nancy Elizabeth
Pendley Vogel; Wash Walding; Wallace;
Licurgus Ward; Dick Ware; Capt John;
George Washington; Peter Weble;
Sam Wells; Samuel; Edward Westfall;
Mrs James Whitecotton; Sheriff Whitney;
Gen Wilkinson; James; Manuel Wydick;
Brigham Young; Cal; Youmans;
Bass Outlaw By Eugene Cunningham
They say that he had but one
qualification of the true Texas
ranger, this small, insignificant
seeming figure-he could pull his
colt like a flash of lightning and
his aim was deadly. Many a time
he filled the camp-kettle with quail
which he killed with a .45 revolver,
shooting off the heads with neatness
and dispatch. But he was of a quarrelsome
disposition that usually embroiled
him with the citizens he was presumed
to protect. Sergeant was his highest
rank in the rangers, and he crashed
from his position in a manner that
must have soured him. This is his
story.
Characters: Bass Outlaw, Sergeant
Fusselman, Captain Frank Jones,
Jim Gillett, Joe Jackson, Bufe Cline,
Dick Ware, Sebe Barnes, Sam Bass,
Frank Collinson, Ernest Bridges,
John Selman, John Wesley Hardin,
Tillie Howard, Joe McKidrict, Locations:
Fabens, El Paso Valley, Alpine,
Big Bend, Brewster County, Round
Rock,
G. Vogel, Pioneer Merchant
Account of A. G Vogel, pioneer
merchant of Leakey, Texas. Mr. Vogel
was born in Leipsig, Germany, in
1846, and came to America in 1866,
when he was nineteen years old.
He was married to Miss Nancy Elizabeth
Pendley in Tascosa county, Texas,
in 1877. When he and his wife moved
to Leakey, then in Edwards county,
in 1882, (now in Real county) there
was no town there, but he helped
to start one. He also helped to
organize Edwards county, and for
some years was county treasurer
of that county. He opened a store
in a tent, and a year later built
the store. This is his story.
Includes old photo of Vogel’s store.
Characters: Captain A. G. Vogel,
Nancy Elizabeth Pendley, Amanda
Chapin, Lavina Sandefer, Carrie
Beard, Josephine Vogel, Emma Peterson,
Locations: Leakey, Atascosa County,
Edwards County, Bandera,
Rode for the Purple Mask
By Marjorie Rogers
THE FIRST TIME that I ever saw
Billy the Kid was in Fort Griffin,
where he wandered with six other
fellows and struck me for a loan
of $15," said Henry Ethridge, ex-cowboy
and member of the Purple Mask, a
protective and detective association
of the early 1880’s, which had about
the same rights as the Texas Rangers,
to locate and punish cattle rustlers
along the Mexican border.
He was born two miles from Bremond
in 1858 where he lived until he
was sent to Salado College in 1867.
He remained there until he was 18
years old. His first trip across
the plains was with the Blocker
herd of 3000 Texas long horns near
Belton, and he was the youngest
cow-puncher of the bunch. This is
the story of Ethridge, and it
includes an excellent old photo
of him as well.
Characters: Billy The Kid, Henry
Ethridge, Dan Irby, Henry Herring,
Pat Garrett, John And Dick Roberts,
John Powers, Charles Goodnight,
Buffalo Bill Cody, Dr. Tarver, Mrs.
C. A. Jones, Locations: Fort Griffin,
Shackelford County, Hash Knife Ranch,
Red River, Pecos River, El Paso,
Bremond, Salado College, Belton,
Chisholm Trail, Comanche, Indian
Gap, Field’s Crossing, Fort Elliott,
Dodge City, Fort Sill, Amarillo,
Clear Fork Of The Brazos, Fort Phantom
Hill, Abilene, Black Hills, Smokey
Rivers, Wildeville, Goodnight Ranch,
Haskell, Palo-Duro Mountains,
West of the Lone Star
By Charles J. Finger. Account
of the charm (?) and culture (?)
of Amarillo and regions surrounding
during the 1850’s.
"SEVENTY years or so ago, I rode
into Amarillo, hitched my horse
to the rail outside Jake's Place,
and then went inside for a glass
of beer and a free lunch of barbecued
meat and bread and bean soup, taking
the soup last because of my impatience
to get to the solids, for the ride
had been a dusty one. The houses
were mostly shacks erected by men
with rudimentary notions of architecture,
and the sidewalks seemed to be results
of the wild and glorious visions
of property owners, for they were
fantastically arranged as to height
and width; and, as to material,
each man had evidently made havoc
of stereotyped ideas, seizing upon
what offered: lumber scraps, packing
cases, corrugated iron. So there
was a complex charm about the main
street, especially at night, because
a walker in the dark encountered
unexpected and novel things. In
the daytime most of the varied population
used the middle of the road-cowboys,
depressed Indians, Mexicans, strangely
indifferent dogs, combative gentlemen
who said things in bare and precise
language, a few stray pigs, some
poultry…"
Characters: Charles J. Finger,
David Guion, Morley Roberts, Sam
Bass, Jim Berry, Black Jack, Ketchum,
Arkansas Johnson, Captain Hickman,
Yancey Storey, William B. Travis,
Santa Anna, Sam Houston, Colonel
Bowie, Stephen Austin, John Ware,
Locations: Amarillo, Jake’s Place,
Wichita Falls, Beaumont, Port Arthur,
San Angelo, Palo Duro, Staked Plains,
Concho Country, Concho River, Howard’s
Well, Howard’s Draw, San Antonio,
El Paso, Fredericksburg, Fort Mason,
Menard, Fort McKavett, Fort Concho,
Fort Stockton, Quitman Canyon, Ysleta,
Round Rock, Sabinal Valley, Bandera
County,
Old Tige, The Hunter Hermit
WILLIAM H. LEDBETTER, was County
Judge of Shackelford County, who
lived in the vicinity of the town
of Fort Griffin, Tex. He was one
of the earliest settlers of the
county, and, in common with other
early settlers, had experienced
a number of adventures there in
earlier days. Perhaps the most noted
event connected with the history
of his family was the loss of his
second child, John, nearly nine
years old. In the year 1869 he had
John and Harvey, his elder brother,
boarding with a neighbor at whose
residence a school was in operation.
One day, at recess, the children
were amusing themselves gathering
mesquite gum from the trees nearby,
John being among the number. When
they were called in to their studies,
John was missing, neither could
he be found. His father was notified
and, together with the settlers
for many miles around, turned out
and hunted the country over, but
could find no trace of the missing
child. The distressed parents had
finally to give up the search in
despair.
Later, a young man called at
the house of a neighbor living within
a mile of Mr. Ledbetter's residence
and asked for dinner. He was apparently
about 16 years old, clad in a brown
ducking hunter's suit. Was this
the Ledbetter boy? And even more
mysterious – who is this "Old Tige",
the strange character with whom
the boy stayed in haunts and wilds
on the head of what was then called
Blood Creek, a tributary of and
on the west side of the Pecos River,
up among the cedar brakes of the
mountains, in such a secluded locality
that it would be almost impossible
for a stranger to find it? There
Old Tige lived in blissful ignorance
of the rest of mankind, save a few
other hunters of, kindred type who
resided in similar dens at no great
distance. This is the strange story
of the mysterious man, "Old Tige".
Characters: William H. Ledbetter,
Harvey Ledbetter, John Ledbetter,
John C. Jacobs, Locations: Shackelford
County, Fort Griffin, Fort Sill,
Blood Creek, Pecos River, Dallas,
San Antonio,
The Old Washington I Knew
By Mrs. M. E. Cole
"The names of towns, Chapel Hill,
Brenham and Independence (which
last was the center of culture),
are all familiar to me. Much was
conveyed to my child mind from my
parents, for I was only 9 years
old when I left old Washington.
I remember a maiden lady who lived
on a high hill west of the shops.
Her house was also elevated. I have
seen the sun set under her house,
apparently, as it sank beyond. This
lady, Miss Merritt, owned negro
slave who freighted from Washington
to Houston."
"I recall gathering rattan vines
from the great branch which was
close by the home of an English
widow, Mrs. Hurst, who lived with
her two boys, and how we noticed,
to our amusement. their pronunciation.
misplacing h and L. It was in that
old town that I heard the first
temperance lecture, which made an
indelible impression on my mind.
The Gospel was often preached on
the downtown street and sometimes
the speakers had to contend with
ruffians."
"New Year's Creek was west: My
grandfather lived there and we visited
him once when I was quite small.
I remember falling out of his hammock.
Some years later my father laid
down his hammer and moved over the
river to Grimes County from whence
he attended lectures at the New
Orleans Medical School. He had loved
the study and acquired much knowledge
from his preceptor, Dr. B. B. Baker
of Washington. Dr Rufus Purleson,
the great educator, who knew Baylor
in its infancy, was related to my
mother through the Jenkins."
Characters: Mrs. M. E. Cole,
C. M. Lockhart, Sam Houston, Miss
Merritt, Mrs. Hurst, Dr. B. B. Baker,
Dr. Rufus Purleson, Locations: Washington
On The Brazos, Chapel Hill, Brenham,
Independence, Houston, New Year’s
Creek, Grimes County, Baylor,
WAS A MINUTE MAN
Brief account of NICK BRAZZIL,
Louise, Texas.,
Mentions: Wash Walding's Company
of Minute Men while it was stationed
on what is known as Cow House Creek,
in Bell County, Texas * Capt. Zeb
Porter * the town of Barksdale *
A family by the name of Manning
lived on Blanket Creek, in Brown
County * old Fort Chadbourne * A.
F. Von Blon of Waco, Texas *
Avenging the Coalson Massacre
By Sam Wells. IN THE YEAR
of 1870 or '73 my father moved from
Victory county, Texas, to Uvalde
county. At this time there were
only four families on the Nueces
river, in town of Uvalde. At that
time there was only one very small
store; the country was unsettled
and full of Indians and all kinds
of game; bear, deer and turkeys,
as well as mountain lions, and the
wild boar or javelinas, or as some
called them, the musk hog. But worst
of all were the wild Indians. they
were the terror of the country.
They would murder people and steal
every horse in the country and kill
our cattle, and anything they could
do that was mean. We had to watch
out for them all the time or we
would get killed ourselves. It was
a constant warfare. Every few days
we would hear of some poor man or
family being murdered in some part
of the country. As fast as we got
a horse they would steal it. They
would run off our cattle, and shoot
our work oxen, and leave us afoot.
Account goes on to describe the
brutal raid that triggered the avenging.
Characters: Samuel Wells, Dr. Lane,
Brother Dave, Johnny Patterson,
Chief Crooked Foot, Nick Coalson,
General Lawton, General McKenzie,
Mrs. Jas. Whitecotton, Locations:
Victory County, Uvalde County, Nueces
River, Rio Frio, Rio Grande, Devil’s
River, Cedar Creek, Fort Clark,
Laguna,
Highway In Texas Has Vivid History
FOR MORE than two centuries the
King's Highway, has been a landmark
in Texas. Traversing the State from
Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande border
to the old Mission of Adaes, near
Robeline, La., this ancient road
covers a distance of approximately
400 miles. It is one of the remaining
links connecting the present with
the stirring and romantic days of
early Texas history. When American
immigrants began the settlement
of the State in the first. years
of the nineteenth century the use
of wheeled vehicles necessitated
some changes in the road, as the
old mule trail was in many places
inaccessible. Thus, the old San
Antonio road came into being, traversing
the same course but often differing
widely in location. This is the
story.
Characters: Louis Junchereau
De Saint Denis, Antonio Crozat,
Marquis De Aguayo, Gil Antonio Barbo,
Locations: King’s Highway, Eagle
Pass, Rio Grande, Mission Of Adaes,
San Antonio Road, Neches, Alto,
La Purissima Conception, Linnwood
Crossing Of The Angelina, San Joseph,
Shawnee Creek, Nacogdoches County,
Nuestro Senora De Guadalupe, Natchitoches,
El Camino Real, San Antonio,
Zebulon M. Pike, Explorer and
Peacemaker
Account of Lieutenant Zebulon
Montgomery Pike, United States Army,
from whom the great mountain in
Colorado was named. Lieutenant Pike
was the first man to explore the
region about the famous peak. This
towering promontory on the eastern
face of the Rockies, rearing its
summit more than fourteen thousand
feet, may well be called the American
Matterhorn, for, indeed, it is so
well known to people of all nations
that countless thousands who have
little conception of the extent
of our western range of mountains,
at once recognize the name of Pike's
Peak. This is Lt. Peak’s story.
Characters: Zebulon Montgomery
Pike, General Wilkinson, Locations:
Pike’s Peak, St. Croix River, St.
Louis, Cheyenne Mountain, Santa
Fe,
The Life of Bigfoot Wallace
By A. J. Sowell
Continued From Previous Issue…
Characters: William Bigfoot Wallace,
Edward Westfall, Dr. Cupples, Ben
Sanford, Adolph Fry, McAllister,
Gideon Scallaron, Louis Oge, General
Kirby Smith, Preston Polly, James
Wilkinson, George Hubbard, Peter
Weble, Lon Moore, J. M. Smith, P.
H. Bell, William Johnson, Luce Henyard,
Elizabeth Hoffman, Judge Davenport,
William Davenport, John Kennedy,
Ross Kennedy, Jack Davenport, Frank
Hilburn, Lewis McCombs, George Robins,
Bill Mullins, Manuel Wydick, F.
G. Finley, Nathan Davis, Malcom
Van Pelt, Ben Duncan, John Kennedy,
Licurgus Ward, Irvin Jones, Locations:
Frio, Medina, San Antonio, Castroville,
El Paso, Devil’s River, Rio Grande,
Fort Clark, Fort Inge, Leona, Uvalde,
Medina River, Nueces Canyon, South
Llano, Chicon Creek, Hondo River,
Devine, Sabinal, Seco, Cotulla,
La Salle County, Black Hills, Austin,
Chicon, Calaveras Creek, Elmendorf,
Utopia,
Ben Drake’s Exciting Life on
the Range
By Cora Melton Cross
TRAILING cattle to Northern markets
had passed from the embryo stage
to a profitable business venture
between 1866 and 1871-the year Ben
Drake made his first drive. But
the financial development in no
wise lessened the hardship and danger
encountered on the long, tedious,
whooping up of the herd from two
to four months at a stretch. The
weather then was not merely an entrance
wedge to polite conversation, but
a thing to be reckoned with and
endured. Swimming was classed neither
as an art nor accomplishment, but
a necessity; the one alternative
for the cowboy who, must cross bankful
streams, minus bridge or ferry.
Torrential rains were the order
of the day and stampedes were of
such common occurrence that the
trail driver mentions them, merely,
as part of the daily routine, unless
marked by some outstanding feature.
Despite privations indescribable,
happenings thrilling and hazardous,
discomforts and suffering past endurance
the trail held a fascinating lure
that once experienced was seldom
overcome save by a crucial situation
demanding a radical change in the
scheme of things entire. Thus it
was with Ben Drake, who talks so
interestingly of nine years of life
up the trail. Here is his story.
Characters: Ben Drake, Tid Murchison,
Kinney Murchison, Pete Murchison,
Cal Young, Pincher Stahl, Peter
Swede, Tom Hamilton, George Hamilton,
Andrew Hamilton, Tom Daly, John
Snyder, Al Boyce, Bub Armstrong,
Cal Joplin, Cy Joplin, Ed Joplin,
Locations: Austin, Abilene, Cedar
Creek, Bastrop County, Williamson
County, Texarkana,
Last Buffalo Hunt Held In The
Lone Star State
(EDITOR'S NOTE-The following
article which appeared originally
in the Dallas News, was sent to
Frontier Times, by Mr. Sieker's
sister, Mrs, Emma Sieker Mears of
Menard, Texas, now known as Mother
Mears, with whom he made his home
for awhile when first arriving from
Baltimore. Mr. Sieker's name is
still legible, cut into the bark
of the forest trees on the San Saba,
at the ranch of his brother, L.
P. Sieker. He and another brother,
Tom Sieker, have been boon companions
since boyhood, and both citizens
of Dallas for many years.)
Characters: Mrs. Emma Sieker
Mears, Lam P. Sieker, Tom Sieker,
June Peak, A. B. Sieker, Frank Sieker,
Jack Harris, Ben Smith, Jim Harris,
Locations: San Saba, Dallas, Fort
Concho, San Angelo, Concho River,
San Antonio, Forest Water Hole,
Big Spring, Gainesville,
Facts And Incidents Of Forty
Years Ago
By J. B. Cranfill. Historical
details and events in pioneer journalism.
Mentions: Frank Gaston, editor
of the Grandbury News * Waco Daily
and Weekly Advance * the Gatesville
Advance * B. H. Carroll * the success
of constitutional prohibition in
Texas * Baillio's History * Among
the picturesque figures of Texas
journalism 40 and 50 years ago was
Colonel A B. Norton who, when I
first knew him, was editor of Norton's
Intelligence * James K Folk and
Henry Clay * the Dallas Morning
News * Houston Chronicle * A. R.
McCollum * Waco Evening Day * J
W. Downs of Waco * Waco Daily Examiner
* the Texas State Grange * A. J.
Rose of Salado, Bell County * W.
W. Lang of Marlin * the Turnersville
Effort * O. Henry * a little paper
down in Austin, the Rolling Stone
* Sidney Porter * the Meridian Blade
* Fields and Gaston * W. A. Fields
* Col. Carey W. Styles * Dr. J.
R Raby * Dr. Stoner Raby * the Cranfield
Bible Class * Hallmark's Prairie
* George Calloway * Mr. W. W Lewis,
of Menard, Texas * Ben Finnel *
Tom Mead * James B. Hawkins Dillon,
Montana *
Characters: J. B. Cranfill, Frank
Gaston, B. H. Carroll, A. B. Norton,
Sam Houston, A. R. McCollum, J.
W. Downs, A. J. Rose, W. W. Lang,
Sidney Porter, W. A. Fields, Carey
W. Styles, J. R. Raby, Stoner Raby,
George Calloway, Locations: Waco,
Gatesville, Grandbury, Dallas, Salado,
Bell County, Marlin, Hillsboro,
Paris, Lamar County,
Joe P. Smith, Postmaster At Click,
Texas
By Cora Melton Cross. Account
of the life of Joe P. Smith who
was born on Walnut Creek in Blanco
County in the year of 1855, his
parents having moved there from
Fayette County the previous year.
Most all the boys of that, day and
time began swinging a rope as soon
as they could lift it. But he went
them one better, for he was making
loops before he could drag 'em along.
When he was 17 years old he trailed
cattle with the Murchison brothers
who sent 1,800 head up with Mr.
Butler bossing the drive. Account
goes on to describe his next drive,
made for John Blocker, who took
82,000 steers up the trail in one
year. More major drives are described
Characters: Joe Smith, C. C.
Slaughter, Arty Crownover, John
Blocker, Ab Blocker, Ike T. Pryor,
Bill Tooney, Alfred Moore, John
Crosby, Locations: Sabine River,
Bastrop, Walnut Creek, Blanco County,
Fayette County, Dallas, San Antonio,
Columbus, Austin, Ouichita River,
Paris, Dodge City, Camp Burdick,
Caddo, Mason County, Murchison Ranch
Ox Wagons, Indians And Winchesters
By Murter Neora Keel
"IN THE year 1850 my grandparents
with my mother and her two brothers
crossed the plains from Missouri
to California in six ox wagons.
There were 175 wagons in the entire
train, for many other families went
along at the same time.
They had been on the road six
days, when by accident my mother,
then just a child 12 years of age,
fell out of the wagon. The wheels
ran angling across her body. My
grandmother had some homespun sheets;
so tied the four corners of one
to the wagon bows and put a feather
bed in it. In this hammock-like
arrangement, my mother rode all
the rest of the slow and painful
journey to California. It was six
weeks afterwards before she could
sit up, and for quite a while of
this time they did not think she
would ever be able to sit up again.
They were three months on the way
over.
Just a month ahead of my grandfather,
the Indians had attacked a wagon
train, massacred all the people,
and burned the wagons. The same
bunch, 300 warriors strong, came
to my grandfather's train. I say
"my grandfather's train," for he
was captain. The story of their
encounter with these Indians, as
we have often heard it from Mother
as she would sit and tell it, follows
below:" The account that follows
is very tragic. Characters:
Dave Doudle, Fleming Van B. Derrick,
Locations: Pecos River, Horsehead
Crossing, Tarrant, Wise County,
A Kansas News Story Published
In 1873
Account of the brutal beating
and slaying of Capt. Cad
Pierce, a large cattle dealer, in
Ellsworth, KS. The murderer was
"Happy Jack" marshal of Ellsworth.
The origin of this murderous event
grew out of the shooting of Deputy
Sheriff Whitney, by the Thompson
brothers, Ben and Bill Thompson.
Characters: C. J. Pierce, Mr. W.
T. Burman, Ben Thompson, Locations:
Ellsworth County, Kansas, Nebraska
City, Austin, Beatrice, Junction
City,
Magazine articles further mention:
G_ L. Epperson of Valley Spring,
Texas * Cal Putman * Mrs. Bill Edwards
* Ben Gipson, and Ralph Haynes *
Gum. Phillips
