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Frontier Times Magazine
Vol
21 No. 8 - May, 1944
Contents of this
volume:
Some names mentioned in this
issue:
Allred; Jimmie Allred; Renne
Allred; Renne Sr. Allred; Renne
Sr. Alred; May Babcock; Cipriano
Baca; D. W. C. Baker; Bass; Bean;
Elisa Bierman; Steve Birchfield;
Steve Jr. Birchfield; Boatright;
N. A. Bolich; Borden; Albert G.
Brackett; Albert G. Col. Brackett;
Capt. Brooks; Capt J. A.. Brooks;
Brown; W. L. Buchanan; John L. Lt.
Bullis; Pliny Burdick; Arthur Burum;
Bushick; Dr J. P.. Byron; Maud Calussen;
Noah Cantwell; W. H. Cantwell; Anson
Carter; W. H. Carter; Caudle; J.
M. Chambers; Esq. Chancellor; J.
W. Mayor Chancellor; J. W. Chancellor;
Capt. Chase; Chisholm; Maud Claussen;
Cody; Capt W. T.. Coffield; Rose
Conley; D. E. Conwill; H. B. Cox;
Crimmins; M. L. Col. Crimmins; Crockett;
Mrs Davy Crockett. ; J. Ralph Dailey;
Mrs. Darrough; Mrs A. E.. Davenport;
Davis; Richard Harding; Nellie Deemer;
Lottie Denno; Dobie; Charley Downs;
Duval; Eckhart; D. L. Edgin; Capt
Elgin; Capt John E.. Elgin; Dr John
E.. Elgin; Mary Elizabeth Mitchell
; Robert M. Mitchell; Herman Emilie;
Fagan; Medora Faulkner; Albert Field;
W. R. Fletcher; Rev Edward Fontaine;
Emelia Freese; Herman Freese; Bordier
Freres; Z. T. Fulmore; Charles Gersdorff;
Henry Gething; J. W. Giles; Betty
Elgin Gilmer; J. B. Gilmer; Rufus
Glover; Leon Godcheaux; G. Keith
Gordon; G. Keith Comm. ; Louisa;
Green; Ivy Green; Ida B. Hall; Hamrick;
J. M. Harlan; Dan Hathaway; Nooki
Hedrick; Hendricks; Ira D. Henry;
Blanch Hodgdon; J. B. Hodgson; Mattie
Hogue; Hohes; Holley; Sim Holstein;
John M. Holt; Pauline K. Holt; Houston;
Dr Leonidas. Hudspeth; Hughes; Joshua
Humphreys; Dr T. F.. Hung; Capt.
Hunter; ; James Hyatt; John Hyatt;
Jackson Hyatt; James Hyatt; Albert
Sidney Col. Johnston; Jones; Major;
Joe Keiley; Kendall; Goergie Kerr;
Milton; Sid Key; J. Kinnear; Pres
Mirabeau B. Lamar; Gen Joseph. Lane;
B. F. Langford; A. O. Larrazola;
Gen. Lee; Robert E. Col. ; Jim Lewis;
Sigmund Lindauer; Lloyd; Solomon
Luna; Gen. Mabry; J. A. Mahoney;
Joe A. Mahoney; Louisa Malim; Martin;
Ony Mastick; J. W. Matthews; Vida
McChristy; Minnie McGlinchey; William
McKee; President McKinley; Capt.
McNelly; Ottmar Mergenthaler; W.
R. Merrill; J. A. Miller; John Albert;
Montel; Dee Moore; Frank; Henry;
Henry Mueller; Frank Nordhaus; H.
Nordhaus; Maurice Nordhaus; Miguel
A. Gov. Otero; Hardie Overstreet;
Beard Patterson; Capt Rufus. Perry;
Capt Jack. Phillips; Walter Pickard;
Ignace Pieyel; Dr Kenneth. Porter;
John Prater; Dan Price; Pulliam;
; Arthur Raithel; Barbara Raithel;
Raymond Russell Ray; Ruth Kerr;
Beulah Redding; Jessie Redding;
Willetta Redding; Reid; Mrs W. A..
Roberts; B. S. Rodey; Rodriguez;
Alfred Roemer; Annie ; Augusta ;
Franklin Roosevelt; N. H. Rose;
Santleben; Saunders; Annie Scarborough;
Georgie; Sheriff Scheeley; Will
Scheeley; A. C. (Amy) Schreiner;
Scully; George L. Shakespeare; Billy
Small; Smith; Smithwick; Carl Sonnemann;
Carl Sr. Sonnemann; Emilie Sonnemann;
Harmon Sonnemann; Louis Sonnemann;
May Babcock Sonnemann; Robert Sonnemann;
William K. Sonnemann; Tom Southard;
Southard; Sowell; John Judge Speer;
Dr. Swope; Emperor Tao-Kwang; Taylor;
Doughboy; I. T. ; Thomas Ulvan Dean;
T. U. Dean; Thalmann; Alex Thompson;
W. P. Tossell; Toulouse; Toulouse;
Gen. Twiggs; Tyler; Daisy Wamel
Upton; Tom Green; Jules Verne; Hugo
Villa; Henry Vonflie; Vonflie; Rosa
Walker; Wallace; ; Daisy Wamel;
W. J. Wamel; Mrs Alma. Watkins;
B. F. Watson; Dr Tom Wells; Wharton;
White; B. G. Wiemers; Mark Wilcox;
L. R. Wilson; J. W. Winn; Woods;
Wooten; Horace Wright
Hauled A Big Meteor From Mexico
August Santleben
Pioneer Texas freighter, Mr.
August Santleben was in Chihuahua,
Mexico in the spring of 1875, and
was told that several years before
a large aerolite had fallen on the
ranch of Mr. Henry Mueller near
San Lorenzo, about ten miles from
the city, which was said to be one
of the most massive known to the
scientific world, (about 5400 pounds).
He became very much interested in
the subject, and decided that if
it was possible to secure the stone
he would haul it to Texas and place
it on exhibition at the World's
Fair in Philadelphia. Here is the
account of that adventure.
Further Mentions: Forts Davis
* the Veramendi House * Captain
Rufus Perry * Major Jones * Luling
* Mr. Dan Price * the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad
* Messrs. Hoick & Helfrisch * Presidio
del Norte * Henry Vonflie * Timps
* Landrum *
Chief Wildcat's Vision
By Colonel M. L. Crimmins.
Account of Coacooche, or Wildcat,
the Seminole Indian chief who reluctantly
surrendered with his people to the
whites and came to Texas, where
they eventuallymade a settlement
in the early 1850's at Fort Duncan,
near Eagle Pass; many of them fought
and served under Lieut. John L.
Bullis of San Antonio. and descendants
lived at Brackettville, Texas.
Further Mentions: Otulke * Dr.
Kenneth Porter, Vassar College *
Colonel Albert G. Brackett * Colonel
Albert Sidney Johnston * Forts Clark
and McIntosh, and Camps Sabinal,
Hudson, Van Camp, Ives, andVerde * Jefferson Barracks,
Mo * Arroya de las Encinas, between
Eagle Pass and Laredo * the Presidio
of San Vicente * Laguna de Leche
* Arthur Burum * Conroe *
Captures Two Highwaymen
B. F. Watson, Bowie, Texas.
Mr. Watson offers a first-hand
account of events that occurred
on Sunday night, May 9, 1900,
at Stoneburg, Montague county. Watson
and his wife were accosted by two
young men at gunpoint and robbed.
Almost immediately, Watson in company
with John Prater, deputy sheriff,
rode all night in pursuit of the
outlaws. Here is the story.
Mentions: Red River near Terrell,
Oklahoma * the Rock Island Railroad
* Jacksboro * Olney, in Young county
* Mr. J. M. Chambers, attorney for
the Katy Railroad * Judge Chambers
* Billy Small and Sid Key *
A Little Bay Mare Called Ginger
By Renne Allred, Sr.
In the November, 1943, issue
of this magazine appeared a good
article written by Mr. Alfred, telling
of some of his experiences as a
rural mail carrier in Montague county.
Here is another good story, which
relates mostly to the faithful little
bay mare he used on the route. Contains
nice old B&W of Alred and his faithful
bay mare called Ginger.
Mentions: Hardie Overstreet *
Mr. Tinkle * Ben Pulliam * Captain
W. T. Coffield * Tom Southard *
Judge John Speer * W. H. Cantwell
and his nephew, Noah Cantwell *
Bushy Creek * Henry Gething * Charley
Downs * East Tarrant Street * Bob's
Hotel * Mrs. Darrough * W. L. Buchanan
* W. H. Carter * J. W. Winn * Echelberger
* J. W. Giles * Pleasant Ridge School
* D. L. Edgin * William McKee *
H. B. Cox * Mayor J. W. Chancellor
* Horace Wright * Trail Creek *
Frank Moore *
A Great Museum Is Built In A
Small Country Town
By .1. Marvin Hunter
Mentions: Noah Rose * J. A. Miller
* Mrs. A. E. Davenport * A. C. (Amy)
Schreiner * Charles Schreiner *
Charles Urrsdorff * Mrs. Louisa
Gordon * Louisa Malim *
Captain John E. Elgin, Texian
By Grace Miller White.
The late Captain John E. Elgin
was, in many ways, a remarkable
person. He grew up in and with the
State of Texas, which was still
in its swaddling clothes when he
was born in Austin in 1850. He lived
his life span of 88 years in Texas
and he lived it with an active and
keen aliveness toward events that
were shaping up about him; the fact
is, he had a goodly share in the
shaping up. Here is his story.
Further Mentions: Betty Elgin
Gilmer * the Swinsons, the Palms,
the Robinsons, the Fontaines * President
Lamar * Captain Elgin's father was
Dr. John E. Elgin * Oakwood Cemetery
* Mary Elizabeth Mitchell Elgin
* Robert M. Elgin * St. David's
Episcopal church * J. B. Gilmer
* Reverend Edward Fontaine * Mirabeau
B. Lamar * Missouri House * Swisher's
Tavern * Anson Jones * the Houston
& Texas Central Railroad in the
Llano Estacado lands * Edmund J.
Davis * Double Mountain * Des Mazieres
house * General Twiggs *
Texas Coast Country Pioneers
By Ida B. Hall.
Mrs. Hall, describes scenes and
early events in the area around
Port Lavaca, Calhoun county Texas
in early days. Good genealogy and
history of the area.
Mentions: Flanders Field * William
Sonnemann * Carl Sonnemann, Sr *
the Decrow family * Decrow's Point
* Lavaca Bay * Carl and Emilie Sonnemann
* Long Mott and Seadrift * Rockport
* Corpus Christi * Herman Freese
* Mrs. Mattie Hogue of Electra,
Texas * Miss May Babcock of Burnet
county * Mrs. Alma Watkins * Mrs.
Elise Bierman * Harmon and Louis
Sonnemann * Augusta Roemer—Annie
Roemer * Alfred Roemer * Mrs. Rosa
Walker * Robert Sonnemann * Mrs.
W. A. Roberts of Frio Town *
The Deming I Knew 44 Years Ago
By J. Marvin Hunter
The author Hunter describes Deming,
NM at the turn of the century and
his experiences there. This is good
history of the city and that part
of New Mexico.
Mentions: The Copper Era at Clifton,
Arizona * the Deming Headlight *
George L. Shakespeare * Clifton
* Morenci * the Adelphi Club * Silver
City * the Phelps-Dodge Company
* Joe A. Mahoney * Solomon Luna
* Governor Miguel A. Otero * W.
R. Merrill * Joe Keihy * Cipriano
Baca * Sigmund Lindauer * H. Nordhans
* J. A. Mahoney * W. J. Wamel *
J. Kinnear * Dr. J. P. Byron * W.
P. Tossell * J. B. Hodgdon * J.
W. Matthews * Dr. Tom Wells * Dr.
Swope * N. A. Bolich * Leon Godcheaux
* Tricamolican Barber Shop * Misses
Barbara Raithel * Annie Scarborough,
Rose Conley, Nooki Hedrick, Nellie
Deemer * Jessie Redding * Georgie
Scarborough, Minnie McGlinchey,
Medora Faulkner, Blanch Hodgdon,
Vida McChristy, Willetta Redding,
Daisy Wamel * Beulah Redding, Maud
Claussen, Ivy Green * Ony Mastick,
Albert Field, Frank Nordhaus, Maurice
Nordhans, Arthur Raithel, Alex Thompson,
Dan Hathaway, Pliny Burdick, Tom
Green Upton, Steve Birchfield, Jr.;
Walter Pickard, .Jim Lewis * Miss
Daisy Wamel * Tom Green Upton *
Uncle Steve Birchfield * Dan Hathaway
* President McKinley * Miss Georgie
Scarborough and Miss Maud Clausen
* Ruth and Raymond Russell Ray *
Milton Kerr * A. O. Larrazola *
B. S. Rodey * John Hyatt and James
Hyatt * Doughboy Taylor * Sim Holstein
* Loyal Valley * Ottmar Mergenthaler
* Fort Griffin * Lottie Denno *
An Easterner's View Of Texas
By Richard Harding Davis.
Excellent description of the
life of the Texas Ranger in Pioneer
days. Mentions: Hon. William F.
Cody * the Garza revolution * Captain
Chase of the Third Cavalry * Rufus
Glover * Captain McNelly * General
Mabry * Sheriff Scheeley
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