Some names mentioned
in this magazine:
J. A. Allen; J. N. Almonte; Capt
Alvarado; Col Andrews ; Richard
Col Andrews; Gen Austin; Bob Bacon;
Nathan Baker; Bass; Thomas C. Battey;
Henry Baumer; William Beasley; Chief
Black Hawk; Capt Bowie; Capt James
Bowie; Leslie Bownds; Charles Braches;
A. B. Briscoe; Andrew Briscoe; Judge
Andrew Briscoe; Mary J. Briscoe;
Harry Brown; Sheriff Lige Bryant;
Rev Frank M. Buckelew; Col Burleson;
Ed Col Burleson; Eddie Burleson;
Gen Burleson; Pres Burnet; Lt Cahee;
Capt Carnes; Bill Carver; Butch
Cassiday; Sam Clark; DeWitt Clinton;
Coffey; Billy Coran; Hernando Cortez;
Gen Coss; Cora M. Cross; Blake Davis;
Dennis; Isaac Denton; W. B. Deweese;
Capt Bernal Diaz; Dobie; Col Dodge;
R. I. Col Dodge; Charles Dorsett;
John Dorsett; Dorsett; Driggs; Raymond
Eckhart ; Kin Elkins; S. P. Elkins;
Antonio de Espejo; Charlie Evans;
Capt Fannin; Frank Feichs; James
Ferguson; Gen Filisiola; A. Finkelstein;
Dave Finkelstein; Ford; Bill Franks;
Capt Issac Fulkerson; Katherine
H. Fulkerson; Fuller; Chief Geronimo;
Gholson; Bill Gillentine; Capt Gillentine;
John Gillentine; Terry Gillentine;
Gillett; John Gist; Bill Graydon;
Jim Green; Jared E. Groce; Oscar
Haby; Henry M. Halff; Fred Hammond;
Hardin; Capt Harris; Clinton Harris;
David Harris; DeWitt Clinton Harris;
John Harris; John Birdsall Harris;
John R. Harris; John Richardson
Harris; Lewis B. Harris; Lewis Birdsall
Harris; Samuel Harris; William Harris;
William P. Harris; Capt William
P. Harris; William Plunket Harris;
Hays; ; H. C. Herron; Mrs H. C.
Herron; Roy Hinds; Bloof Hollyce;
Bud Hollyce; Jack Hollyce; W. E.
Hunter; John Iiams; Tabitha Iiams;
D. Johnson; Francis W. Col; A. H.
Jones; John V. Kalka; Henry Karnes;
Capt Mifflin Kenedy; "Black Jack"
Ketchum; D. L. Kokernot; John Lackey;
John Leach; Dr E. T. Leger; Lehmann;
J. Mortimer Lewis; Henry Loesberg;
Logan; Adele B. Looscan; Col Uriah
Lott ; James Madison; Geo C. Martin;
John Martin; Charles Mason; Judge
J. A. Mathews; Bill McCarty; Bruce;
Alexander McClain; Judge McClure;
Judge McCuthen; Mat McCuthen; Mrs
J. R. McDonald; Neil McLennan; Gen
Meig; Carl A. Mero; Cliff Middleton;
Col Milam; Fred S. Millard; Capt
Monroe; Caroline Morgan; Charles
Neal; Ned; Robert S. Neighbors;
Dan Pace; Jim Pace; Arthur Padgett;
Erle O. Palmer; George M. Patrick;
Lowell Patterson; Hense Pegues;
Capt Perry; Rufe Perry; Newt Petty
; Zeno Phillips; Wade Pierce; Ernest
Polvado; James Polvado; Bill Pullen;
Pullen; Tom Pullen; James Hayes
Quarrels; Frank Reeves; Blanche
Renfro; John Richardson; Rister;
Roberts; ; Henry Robertson; Walker
Robertson; Andrew Robeson; Rose;
; Ann Ross; Capt Ross; Caroline
Ross; Elizabeth Ross; Kate Ross;
L. S. Ross; Lawrence Ross; Lawrence
Sullivan Ross; Margaret Virginia
Ross; Mary Prince Ross; Mary Rebecca
Ross; Mervin Ross; Nevill Ross;
Col Peter Ross; Peter F. Ross; Pressley
Ross; Robert S. Ross; Capt Shapley
P. Ross; Sr Shapley Ross; Susan
Ross; Susan Oldham Ross; William
Ross; William H. Ross; Caroline
Sap ; Joe Sap ; Joe Sappington;
Saunders; Scarborough; Elmer Schumaker;
Capt William Scott; George Scrier;
L. M. Seiker; John Sellman; William
Shakespeare; Sheridan; Col Sherman;
Charlie Shiner; Henry Shiner; Gen
Siesmo; Jim Skipper; Ned Skipper;
; Deaf Smith; T. W. Smith; Rev W.
P. Smith; Smithers; Sowell; Williams
Sparks; James Spielman; Capt Stanbury;
Wit Stanfield; Col Subaran; F. M.
Sutton ; S. H. Sutton; Capt Swisher;
Capt J. M. Swisher; Hannah Taylor;
Matthew Taylor; Col Thorn; Oliver
Thornton; Raymond W. Thorp; Gov
Tompkins; Col Travis; W. B. Col
Travis; A. Turner; Eliza Van Tuyl;
Dan Waggoner; ; Col Wallace; L.
D. Walters; Seth Whetstone; Dr Wightin;
Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Robert Williamson;
Robert Wilson; Withers; Twigg L.
Wood; R. S. Woolfolk; Shapley Woolfolk;
Woolfol Wooley;
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Table of Contents:
Captain Shapley P. Ross
Captain Ross is remembered as
the settler who "did more to free
Texas from hostile Indians, rendered
more valuable services to the commonwealth
over a longer period of time, and
is more generally and affectionately
remembered" than any other. A brief
life history.
Further Mentions: He was born
in Jefferson county, Kentucky, six
miles from Louisville, January 18,
1811 * His paternal grand parents
were Lawrence and Susan (Oldham)
Ross, the former born in Scotland
and a scion of the historic Ross
family of that country * Mary (Prince)
Ross * William Ross, Lawrence Ross,
Mervin Ross, Pressley Ross, Nevill
Ross, Shapley P Ross, Susan Ross,
Caroline Ross, and Elizabeth Ross
* Miss Katherine H. Fulkerson, a
native of Buckingham county, Virginia
* Captain Isaac Fulkerson, a wealthy
planter * R. Woolfolk * Capt. Jack
Hays' company of rangers * chief,
Black Hawk * Neil McLennan * Robert
S. Neighbors * Lawrence Sullivan
* Kate Ross * Robert S Ross * Mervin
Ross * Ann Ross * Peter Ross * Virginia
Ross * Mary Rebecca Ross * William
H. Ross * Margaret Ross * OLD FORT
GRIFFIN
Frank Reeves Mentions: Cedar
Fork * It is in Shackleford county,
but not far from Shackelford -Throckmorton
County line * the old Masonic lodge
building * Judg. J. A. Mathews *
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Herron *
The Pioneer Harrises Of Harris
County
Mrs Adele R. Loosean
John Richardson Harris was one
of Austin’s first 300 colonists
and founded the town of Harrisburg.
The story of his life, his family,
and his town.
HERE IS EXCELLENT
VERY EARLY HISTORY OF HARRIS COUNTY,
TX.
Further Mentions: J. N. Almonte
* David Harris * William Plunket
and Samuel * Bell's Landing * Cayuga,
New York * Jared E. Groce * Zeno
Phillips * DeWitt Clinton * Bray's
Bayou * Robert Wilson * Colonel
Subaran * the Machauna * Andrew
Briscoe and Clinton Harris * Lewis
Birdsall Harris * John Birdsall
* Lewis Birdsall * Mary J. Briscoe,
widow of Judge Andrew Briscoe *
Mrs. Eliza Van Tuyl * the present
town of La Porte * Red Bluff * William
Plunket Harris * Harrisburg Town
Company * Pelegrin * William Beasley
* El Jardin * Samuel Harris * Dr.
E. T. Leger *
PHOTO OF A VALUABLE COW,
OLD photo showing a good old
family cow on the ranch of John
Lackey, north of Menard, Texas.
This cow mothers the orphan kids
and lambs on the Lackey ranch, and
makes no objections to the duties
which are imposed upon her, This
photo was made by N. H. Rose.
Pioneer Days In Karnes County
By Henry C. Fuller.
This article describes the feuds
between several pioneers, and subsequent
shoot-outs and skirmishes. It focuses
on the trouble between Jim Pace
and Frank Feichs.
KARNES COUNTY is sixty-five miles
scuth of San Antonio and was named
in honor of Henry Karnes, one of
the men under Fannin, shot at Goliad
on Palm Sunday, 1836. The county
has an area of 740 square miles.
The first settlement was made on
San Antonio river about the year
1857, and the place was called Helena.
The San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad
was built through Karnes county
in 1885 and the county seat was
moved from Helena to a point about
six miles to the west and the new
county seat was called Karnes City.
The town of Kenedy is six miles
south of Karnes. City and was named
in honor of Capt. Mifflin Kenedy,
the man who furnished the money
which Col. Uriah Lott, the contractor,
built the railroad. Until the coming
of the railroad Karnes county was
devoted mostly to the cattle industry.
In fact previous to the Civil War
this was about the only industry
worth while in all the section of
Texas, now known as the southwest.
Further Mentions: Bill Pullen
and George Scrier * the town of
Runge * Dan Pace, a son of Jim Pace
* John Martin, of McMullen county
* Escondido cemetery *
Cortez’s Conquest Of Mexico
The story of Hernando Cortez
and Bernal Diaz and their Mexican
victory.
Mentions: Captain Bernal Diaz
* Captain Diaz was one of Cortez's
righthand men * Captain Bernal Diaz
del Castillo * Maraca, a little
port on the southern coast of Cuba
* the island of Cosumel * St. Juan
de Ulloa * Narvaez *
Early Reminiscences In Texas
D. L. Kokernot remembers his
many adventures among which was
meeting General Sam Houston, sickness,
storms, battles, and Indian kings.
Mentions: George M. Patrick
* Col. Thorn * Cedar Point, Galveston
Bay * Dr. Wightin * Mr. Roberts
* the Billoxi Indians * Capt. William
Scott * Peach Creek * Judge McClure
* Hon. Charles Braches * Col. Wallace,
Robert Williamson * Rev. Dr. W.
P. Smith * Deaf Smith * Capt. James
Bowie * Charles Mason * A. H. Jones,
A. Tarner, John and Charles Dorsett
and also Col. Richard Andrews *
Col. Andrews * Capt. Carnes * Col.
Francis W. Johnson * Col. Milam
* Gen. Siesmo * Andrew Robeson,
D. Johnson, James Spielman,-Atkison,
John Dorsett, T. W. Shith and James
Ferguson * Mrs. Dickenson * the
"Runaway Scrape," * Mosley's gin
house * Gen. Fllisiola * Matlett's
Creek * W. B. Deweese * Raymond
W. Thorp *
The Buffalo And His Habitat
C. C. Rister
The history and significance
of the American bison, as well as
the Spaniards, Indians, and early
settlers. Mentions: Antonio de Espejo
* Rio de las Vacas * Great Slave
Lake * J. A. Allen * Thomas C. Battey
* Colonel R. I. Dodge * Leslie Bownds,
Sam Clark, Ernest Polvado, Oscar
Haby, Eddie Burleson, Roy Hinds,
Twigg L. Wood, James Polvado, Blake
Davis, Charlie Evans, Wade Pierce,
Nathan Baker, Arthur Padgett, Newt
Petty, Henry Loesberg, Carl A. Mero,
Erle O. Palmer, John V. Kalka, Fred
Hammond, Henry Baumer, Lowell Patterson,
Elmer Schumaker, Raymond Eckhart.
Seven Links In A Chain
By L. D. Walters
A sequence of grisly events involving
six human lives, their connections,
and individual tragedies. The events
involved Billy Coran, an ordinary
cowboy who claimed to be from Texas;
a Mexican named Bodina, who was
so bad that, he was afraid of himself;
John Wesley Hardin; Harry Brown;
City Policeman John Sellman; Deputy
United States Marshal George Scarborough;
Bill Franks, alias Bill Carver,
who was a member of the well known
Hole-in-the-Wall gang; State Ranger
Birchfield, etc.
Further Mentions: Bluff City,
Kansas * Stein's Pass * San Simon
Valley * the Black Jack Ketchum
Gang * Deming, New Mexico * Butch
Cassiday * Oliver Thornton * Sheriff
Lige Bryant * Harvey Logan *
Served As A Texas Ranger
S. P. Elkins speaks of his service
as a Texas Ranger.
Mentions: Captain Swisher * Fort
Concho * Camp Colorado * Rich Coffey
had a ranch near the Flat Top Mountain
in Coleman county * Home Creek,
in Coleman county * Mr. Slover *
Sam Gholson of Camp Colorado * Kin
Elkins' ranch and Sam Gholson's
ranch, on Jim Ned Creek * Mark Withers
from Lockhart * Charlie Shiner and
Henry Shiner, of San Antonio * Elsworth,
Kansas * Palo Pinto county * Rufe
Perry * the Llano river near Reichenau
Mountains * L. M. Seiker *
Joe Sap’s Autobiography
On the 21st day of July. 1872,
there came to Coryell County a family
consisting of the father and mother
and six children - four boys and
two girls. This family settled on
the ground. This was not a very
hard stunt as there was ground in
every direction as far as the eye
could see. The place settled by
his family was on the head of Cave
Creek, about ten miles northeast
of Gatesville. (The reader will
please keep his or her seat and
not become impatient as I am almost
ready to dismiss all of the above
family but myself as I am the only
one of the children who ever became
famous-the others making just plain,
hardworking, law-abiding citizens.)
The country where this family settled
was one of the most picturesque
mortal man ever flapped his eye
on. Oh, if that family could only
have exchanged a few hundred square
miles of "picturesque" for a few
bodily comforts how much plumper
and fatter would the hero of this
tale be at this very moment…
Further Mentions: James Hayes
Quarrels * When my father moved
to Cave Creek there were not exceeding
five houses on the road from old
man McGee's house, two miles west
of Coryell City to Jonesboro, a
distance of twenty miles. Our nearest
neighbor was Judge McCuthen's family.
Mat McCuthen, one of the Judge's
boys was about my age and we were
together a great deal *
Barely Escapes A "Neck-Tie" Party
Williams Sparks relates the story
of a pioneer named Parnall, who
narrowly misses being lynched by
furious mine workers.
Mentions: Globe, AZ * the Globe-Bowie
railroad * the United Globe Mines
* the Old Dominion * a young mining
engineer named Parnall * Alexander
McClain * Mexican miners in the
Clifton-Morenci district * Wit Stanfield
* Lyle's saloon * Aiken, the owner
of a small store * Cliff Middleton,
Jim Green. Bill Graydon * Mrs. Winslow.
Parnall's housekeeper * Bennett
* Bisbee * FRANK M. BUCKELEW, INDIAN
CAPTIVE
Rev. Frank M. Buckelew, a local
Methodist preacher. was a captive
among the Lipan Indians for some
time, being capured in Bandera county,
Texas, on March 11, 1866, when he
was barely fourteen years old. He
was with the tribe in their wanderings
over the mountains and plains of
this state and in Mexico, and participated
in their sports and hunting forays.
He finally made his escape through
the assistance of some Mexicans,
and returned to his people in Bandera
county….
Contains photo of Rev. Buckelew
John Gist Tells Of Changing Of
The West
Cora M. Cross
Account of his family’s travel
west in covered wagon and establishing
a home and business in the new west.
Gist became one of the most successful
and largest cattle ranchers and
Hereford breeders in the regions
around Midland, Odessa and Marfa,
TX. This is his story.
Mentions: they finally reached
Fannin County and settled on the
Bois d'Arc (commonly called bode
arc) near the present site of Bonham
- There pa started his ranch * things
were going fine until Denton County
got to looking so inviting from
a distance that, notwithstanding
Indians were raiding that section
ever so often, he decided to give
it a whirl, anyway * The next stop
was made two and one-half miles
from Bolivar, in that county * Uncle
Isaac Denton * Pa and Dan Waggoner
* decided to backtrack to the little
town if Pilot Point, in the same
county * the old Chisholm ranch.
near where the town of Roswell,
N. M., is now located * pasture
in Cooke -County * In 1885 I married
Blanche Renfro at Era * We went
to Hall County, forty-five miles
southwest of Memphis * the Mill
Iron pasture * Wind River * the
J. J. herd, then owned by Mrs. Adair
* so I bought another 7,000 acres,
paying cash again. This tract adjoined
a water station called Stiles on
the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad
* My Longhorns had increased to
as fine a commercial herd as could
be found in Hall and Donley Counties
and numbered 800 head * the cattle
ranch of Hense Pegues * the Henry
M. Halff ranch of 4,000 acres, adjoining
the town of Midland
AN OLD TEXAS RANGER WRITES
S. H. Sutton, Medina, Texas.
I was among the early pioneers
of Texas, my father coming to this
state in 1852, when I was two years
old. I was born at, Little Rock.
Arkansas, July 29, 1850. When we
arrived in Texas the country was
practically unsettled, only a roving
band of Indians, and a few white
people. We had a great deal of trouble
with the redskins, in Red River
county, where my father first located.
In 1862 we moved to Erath county,
and landed in the McCarty and Gillentine
settlement on the Little Defoe river.
In July, 1664, after we had been
living there over a year, I was
mustered into service in Captain
Gillentine's Minute Company. I was
fourteen years of age when my service
began. My brother, F. M. Sutton,
was serving in this company also.
We were sent out in squads of ten
every ten days to scout for marauding
Indians. and we had many skirmishes
with them. In the Dove Creek battle,
January 8, 1865, my captain, Gillentine,
was killed. Lieutenant Cahee was
also killed, by the side of John
Gillentine. Bill Gillentine was
wounded - and carried back to Erath
county, where he partially recovered.
Further Mentions: * Henry Robertson,
Walker Robertson, the two Robertson
sisters * Miss Caroline Sap * In
September, 1876,, with my family,
I moved to Bandera county, locating
on the Williams Ranch, eight miles
from Medina on the West Prong of
the Medina river. This ranch is
now owned by Charles Neal. * the
mouth of Casey Creek * Bill McCarty,
Bruce McCarty, Walker Robertson,
Bloof Hollyce, Jim Skipper, Terry
Gillentine, John Leach, Ned Skipper,
Bud Hollyce, Jack Hollyce * Seth
Whetstone, Noxville, Texas * Dave
Finkelstein, Hallettsville. Texas
* A. Finkelstein * Mrs. J. R. McDonald
of Pasadena, California * Matthew
and Hannah Taylor * W. E. Hunter
* Raymond W. Thorp * F. S. Millard
* Fred S. Millard, Faywood, New
Mexico
