Some names mentioned
in this volume:
W. E. Adair; John K. Allen; Baily
Anderson; Maj Andrews; John Applegate;
Big Arp; Little Arp; Capt Arrington;
John Jacob Astor; Bill Baily; Dr
Barkley; Barry; Bass; Col Baylor;
George Baylor; Jno R. Baylor; Jerry
Beecham; John Beecham; John Belcher;
Will Belcher; John Beninger; Parson
Blackburn; Jane Bosson; Wm Bosson;
Lt Boulware; Boulware; Col Bowie;
Bowles; Mrs Annie Boyd; Pleasant
Boyd; Andrew A. Boyle; Mary Boyle;
Paddy Boyle; Roderick Boyle; Jno
M. Bradley; Jno N. Bradley; John
M. Bradley; Matthew Brinson; David
Brown; Mary J. Brown; Tex Brunton;
Sam Bruton; Toll Buie; Burleson;
Matthew Burnet; Gen Burnett; Lod
Calohan; Dr Cannon; Henry Cannon;
Jesse Caroway; Sylvanus Castleman;
Matt Cavaness; Mary Ann Chalk; G.
L. Chester; Frank Childress; Arthur
H. Clark; Bob Clifford; Gen Coffee;
Capt Coffey; John Coffey; J. P.
Copenhaver; Charles S. Cox; Mrs
Martha A. Cox. ; Jack Crane; Jeff
Cravens; J. B. Crawford; Col Crockett;
David Crockett; John Crockett; Elizabeth
Crownover; John Crownover; Levina
Crownover; Wm Culver; Culver; Custer;
E. M. Dagget; Charles Daggett; Chas
Daggett; E. M. Daggett; Eph M. Daggett;
Helen Daggett; Dr Davenport; Capt
Davidson; Capt George Davidson;
Capt Henry Davis; Dobie; Gen Douglass;
John Doyle; Driggs; Antoine de Drocketagni;
Vardeman Duncan; W. B. Eaves; Capt
English; Lt Dick English; Jonas
English; Josh English; Joshua English;
Lt Errath; Fannin; ; Frank Farrar;
John Farrar; James Fife; Eugene
McClellan Fisher; Juan Flores; Mrs
Wylie Flowers; Frank W. Fox; G.
W. Fox; John Fry; Gen Gaines; Gen
R. M. Gans; Gen Francisco Garay;
Gen Garay; Peter Garland; D. C.
Giddings; George; Gillett; Baily
Goodbread; Jo Goodbread; John J.
Goodbread; William Goodbread; Jimmy
Goodman; Jas Graham; Jim Graham;
Mrs Emma Grandstaff; Elisha Green;
Capt Haley; Jno Haley; John Haley;
Richard Haley; Tom Haley; Jim Hall;
Mrs Laura Hamilton; Capt Hammer;
Geo Hanks; Bill Hansbury; Judge
Hansford; Dick Harding; Albert Harris;
Shem Harris; Jerry Hawk; Judge Hawkins;
Rebecca Hawkins; Charles Haynes;
John James Haynes; Mary Malissa
Phillips Haynes; Hays; John Heath;
Leander Corp "Lee"Herron; Hickok;
C. T. Hilliard; Hilliard; Nathan
Holt; Frank Hooper; Monroe Hooper;
Myrick Hooper; Washington Hooper;
Gen Felix Houston; Howell Hudson;
Peter Hudson; Squire Humphrey; James
M. Maj Hunter; John Hunter; Maj
Hunter; Mary Kate Hunter; Miss Ollie
Hunter; Will Hunter; John Inman;
Capt Jack; A. T. Jackson; Capt Jackson;
Charles Jackson; Charles W. Jackson;
Pres Jackson; Gen Pres Jackson;
James A. Jasper; William H. Jasper;
Archie Johnson; M. T. Johnson; Mrs
M. T. J. Johnson; Maggie Johnson;
Fred Jones; Tom Josy; Phillippine
Miss Keller; Peter Kerstetter; Tom
Killen; Capt King; Col Landrum;
Lehmann; Capt W. C. Lewis; Sheriff
Llewellin; Harry Longbaugh; Leonard
Mabbit; Capt Mabbitt; Mabbitt; James
Madison; Tom Mansco; Marcy; John
H. Martin; Sam W. Mather; Nathan
Matthews; Mrs Nathan Matthews; Henry
Maxwell; John May; John Mays; McDonald;
Baily McFadgin; Bill McFadgin; John
McFadgin; Jonathan McFadgin; Sam
McFadgin; Rusk McInturf; John McKinney;
John H. McLaurin; Gen McLeod; Bob
McNairy; Alex McNeil; Sheriff McNeil;
Berry Merchant; Ned Merchant; Farrar
Metcalf; Drury Middleton; John Middleton;
John W. Middleton; Martha M. Middleton;
Nathan Middleton; Milam Middleton;
Fred Millard; ; Gideon Mills; Wright
Mooar; Josephus Moore; Col Morman;
Col Wat; Z. N. Rev Morrell; Elijah
Morris; Col Jno E. Myrick; Wm Nail;
Maj Neighbors; Ben Odell; Odell;
Pvt Jack O'Donald; Washington Parrish;
Benjamin Phillips; Jim Phillips;
Col Pickard; Gen Portillo; Mrs Fannie
Potter; James Power; Rachel Power;
Lt R. H. Pratt; Wm Price; Henry
Pugh; John Rabb; Emory Raines; Tom
Reed; Henry Reynolds; John Reynolds;
Steve Reynolds; Tom Rife; Dr C.
C. Rister; Carl Coke Rister; Elijah
Roberts; Lt Roberts; M. F. Roberts;
Moses F. Roberts; Joe Robertson;
W. F. Judge Robinson; Rose; Peter
Ross; Dr Rowan; Gen Rusk; Louise
de Saix; Geo Sandford; Gen Santa;
Santa Anna; Bill Sappington; Joe
Sappington; Chief Satanta; Saunders;
Capt Scantland; Louis Schuetze;
Capt Shackelford; Seth Shelton;
Sheridan; Sherman; Mrs John A. Shirley;
Gen Smith; Hank Smith; Gen James
Smith; Jno Smith; Capt Joe Smith;
Sowell; Ben Sparks; Tom Stanford;
Richard Stiles; Mart Stone; Redmond;
Col Straw; Straw; Amos Strickland;
Dave Strickland; Harry Strickland;
Henry Strickland; Jim Strickland;
Jim (Tiger Jim) Strickland; Phillis
Stroud; Ed Stuckler; Raymond W.
Thorp; Edward D. Tittmann; Sam Todd;
Ben Trimin; Alfred Truit; Andy Truitt;
Lee Truitt; Mint Truitt; George
Sr Tubb; Martha Tubb; Bob Tucker;
James Upton; Gen Urrea; Maj Van
Dorn; Col Van Rimple; James Vaughan;
Jim Vaughan; Chief Victorio; Capt
Bigfoot Wallace; Sam Wallace; W.
M. Wallis; Col Ward; Phebe K. Warner;
Gen Washington; Louis Watkins; Bill
Watson; Willis; Wills; Moore L.
Weaver; Capt Westover; Alex Whitaker;
Dabney White; Elizabeth White; J.
W. White; Jackson White; Wm White;
"One-Eyed" Williams; Wm Wills; David
Winborn; David Winburn; Daniel Wiseman;
Jim Woods; Miss Gertrude Dardin
Workman; Mrs W. H. Workman; Robert
Wright; Wrenn;
Articles:
Major James M. Hunter
Account of the life of Major
James M. Hunter, for many years
a citizen of Mason county, and later
of Edwards county. Major Hunter
was born in Buncombe county, North
Carolina, the descendant of an old
and highly respected family. He
came to Texas in 1851. In 1860 he
was united in marriage to Miss Phillippine
Keller, who died in Edwards county
in 1885. This union was blessed
by eleven children, Mrs. Laura Hamilton,
Mrs. Emma Grandstaff, Mrs. Annie
Boyd, Miss Ollie Hunter, James,
John and Will Hunter and two infants
having been called by death. Major
Hunter died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Hamilton, in Mason August 31,
being at the time of his death 78
years of age. The details of his
life are offered here in this excellent
account.
Mentions: In 1852 Major Hunter
organized a troop for the protection
of the surveyors of the land in
Peters Colony, which was in an Indian
country with no white man living
in it * George Giddings and D. C.
Giddings * Tom Rife * Sul Ross *
Captain Henry Davis' company of
Texas Rangers * Louis Schuetze *
a teacher, was taken from his house
by a gang of those outlaws one night,
a rope put around his neck and the
old man was dragged to death a few
miles from Fredericksburg * four
peaceable farmers on South Grape
Creek, named Kirchner, Blank, Burg
and Feller, were taken from their
families one night and murdered
and their houses pillaged * the
heads of the Perdenales and James
rivers * House Mountain * the Southern
Hotel * County Judge of Mason county,
and later surveyor of Mason county
* In 1876 he represented the Mason
district in the State Legislature;
after that he was. He removed to
Edwards county in 1883, and helped
to organize that county, was its
first County Judge * N. H. Rose
*
Pioneering In Texas
By James A. Jasper
Mr. Harper relates the details
of his growing up in Tarrant county,
Texas at the edge of the Cross Timbers,
sixteen miles east of Fort Worth.
He recounts early cattle drives
out of the state, as early as 1856,
contrary to what many affirm, as
they suggest that drives were not
made until the 1870’s.
Further Mentions: His father,
William H. Jasper * Holt county,
Missouri * Mary J. Brown * the Elm
Fork of the Trinity river * the
old Chisholm Trail * I well remember
some of Chisholm's operations in
our part of Texas in the early sixties.
His brand was 1001 * General R.
M. Gans * Quantrell and his guerillas
* Red River at Colbert's Ferry *
the Mountain Boomers * West Plains,
Missouri * a Yankee captain by the
name of John Coffey * Jefferson
City * Baxter Springs * KNEW HARRY
LONGBAUGH
Sam W. Mather.
Mentions: the Hole in the Wall
Gang of outlaws * the Suffolk Cattle
Co., of Wyoming. Their ranch, the
AV, was located on the Cheyenne
river at the mouth of Lodge Pole
* Harry Longbaugh * Our foreman,
J. B. Crawford * Husk, Wyoming *
MY LAST BATH IN ICE WATER
By Joe Sappington
It takes courage for a fellow
to stand up before the public and
acknowledge that he has been an
impostor and liar for many years,
but I now come before the public
in all meekness and humility and
acknowledge that for many years
I lied most shamefully about taking
ice water baths. For fifteen years
I claimed to my friends that the
first thing I did on awakening of
a morning was to roll out of bed
into a tub of cold water and advised
them to do likewise. I told this
so often and persistently that I
finally got so I believed it my
self and would have become grossly
insulted if anyone had questioned
the truthfulness of the statement.
In all probability I would still
be telling this lie, had fate not
thrust the wife of my calm and peaceful
bosom upon the scene.
How strange are the decrees of
fate; who can tell when it is going
to rise up and smite up hip and
thigh? As I have said I had been
rolling that "ice water before breakfast"
under my tongue as a sweet morsel
for many years when fate sent an
inquisitive neighbor to our house…
Old Ranger Deplores Passing Of
Real West
By Mary Kate Hunter
Story of Hank Smith, a pioneering
plainsman, who built the first home
in the Staked Plains of Texas.
Further Mentions: CROSBYTON,
Texas * a memorable and historic
place in Blanco Canyon * Cap Arrington
and Capt. Bill McDonald and Butterworth
* Toll Buie, a noted politician
of East Texas * BRAND BURNING
Lod Calohan
Relating incidents involving
the use of Mr. Wright Mooar's ZXT
brand. Mentions: Snyder, Texas *
SXT brand* Nunn Bros., range on
Rough Creek * Colorado City, Texas
* Archie Johnson's ranch * Jim Woods,
City Marshall * Tom Reed * the old
Hamilton Hotel * Brand Inspector
K. C. Stock Yards *
Reminiscences Of The Texas Revolution
Andrew A. Boyle
These recollections of the Texas
revolution were dictated by Andrew
A. Boyle in 1870, just before his
death, to his daughter, Mrs. W.
H. Workman. This man’s account of
the events is important in two particulars:
(11 it adds another witness to the
list of the Texas participants who
have unanimously testified that,
Fannin did not surrender at discretion,
as General Urrea claimed, and (2)
it gives a first hand account of
the execution of the wounded prisoners
at Goliad.
Mentions: Miss Gertrude Dardin
Workman * San Patricio de la Nueces
* Captain Westover * Captain King
* Colonel Ward, with his Georgia
Battalion * Captain Shackelford
* the Old Mission Church * Manawee
* Colet creek * Boyle * Mr. Brooks,
Aid to Colonel Fannin * General
Garay *
Winning The Coveted Medal Of
Honor
By Corpl. Leander Herron, Co.
A, 3d U. S., St. Paul, Nebr.
Account of a veteran soldier
who has a record for service, adventure,
dangers encountered, and hardships
overcome equaled by few-Lee Herron,
in his service officially Corpl.
Leander Herran, Co. A, 3d U. S.
Fort Dodge, Kans.
Comrade Herron saw service in
the Civil War, aided in the defense
of the Santa Fe Trail and the early
settlements at Fort Dodge, Kans.,
was with an American force at Baku,
Trans-Caucasia, in 1878 (where he
might have become a millionaire
in oil) and is said to have the
honor of being the only veteran
at present in Nebraska wearing a
Congressional Medal of Honor. This
is his story.
Further Mentions: drilling numerous
oil wells in the neighborhood of
Pithole * a friend, John H. McLaurin
* he took part in the rescue of
the Box family * Fred Jones * the
Battle of the Arickaree between
the Cheyennes and Forsythe's command
* the Battle of Little Coon Creek,
40 miles east of Fort Dodge * Robert
Wright, president of -the Kansas
Historical Society * Fort Larned
* Big Coon Creek * Jimmy Goodman
* Privates Jack O'Donald, Hartman
and Nolan * California Joe, Wild
Bill Hickok, Apache Bill, Bill Watson
* Paddy Boyle, a man of tried resolution
and experience * Peter Kerstetter
and John Beninger * Carl Coke Rister
*
The Traditions Of Fort Sill
By Eugene McClellan Fisher
Fort Sill, Oklahoma-once an outpost
in the heart of hostile Indian territory,
now the seat of the Field Artillery
School where artillerymen are trained
in the technical and tactical use
of their branch--is alive with memories
of the many Indian braves who sleep
in simple graves in the post cemetery.
The old guardhouse that is almost
a dungeon stands a silent reminder
of the seventeen long years Geronimo
spent within its walls. The peaceful
homes that dot the broad plains
of Oklahoma are in themselves a
tribute to I-See-O and Comanche
Jack., The stories that repeated
daily on the hills and plains keep
ever alive the names of these and
other Indians heroes.
Geronimo, the next of the traditional
characters of Fort Sill, came on
the military reservation in 1894
as a prisoner after a career' of
pillage, which carried him through
the territories of the Southwest
and across the Mexican border, and
led the United States Army into
an endless chase of thousands of
miles before he was finally captured.
Geronimo ended his days on the
reservation, an object of interest
to all, and hate to many, who had
suffered from his cruelties.
Mentions: Per-mam-sue means "The
Hairy One," * Captain Marcy * Lieutenant
R. H. Pratt * Terak-a-nee-cut, his
uncle father-in-law, and Pah-po-ter-a-pert,
his uncle; there lay Peah-ter-pe-who-noovy,
leader of the band, and seven more
of the best friends Permam-sue had
ever had * Moore L. Weaver * Tex
Brunton *
The Regulators And Moderators
By JOHN W. MIDDLETON
Account of a long-standing East
Texas feud in the days of the Republic
(1841 and 1842) between "moderators"
and "Regulators" and the blood that
mark this episode of Texas history.
This event, known as the Regulator-Moderator
War or the "Shelby County War,"
was a feud in Harrison and Shelby
counties in the Redlands of East
Texas from 1839 to 1844. The roots
of the conflict lay in the frauds
and land swindling that had taken
place in the the lawless area between
the American and Mexican borders.
Hostilities rose to a tremendous
pitch and a trail of blood was left
to mark this notable period of Texas
history. This story is exceedingly
rich in historical detail of the
area and times of the event, being
some 20 or so pages in length. The
author was witness to these events
and gives graphic first-hand recollection.
Mentions: Colonel Morman * John
Middleton * the battles of the Cowpens
and Guilford Court House * the Big
and Little Arp, whose misdeeds were
motorious throughout the country
* Big Arp was killed by Elisha Green
* mother was Martha Tubb, and my
great-grandfather, George Tubb,
Sr., * Crosson's fork of Shoal creek
* the battles of Talladega, Hickory
Ground, Heights of Muckfaw Creek
* Coosa river just above the Falls
* James Fife, Chinerly and old Mr.
Quarles * Drury Middleton * Amos
Strickland and Jim Strickland *
Martha M. Middleton * Mary Ann Chalk
* Chowan river * Jim Strickland
* Ben Odell * Beecham's field *
A man named Hillary * Willis Watson
* a man named Mordecai * General
Rusk * Generals Douglass and McLeod
* In 1838, a spy company was raised,
Geo. Hanks was made Captain and
I First Lieutenant. * Sanchez's
house * Lieutenant Roberts * Captain
Timmon's company, from Harrison
county * Captain Haley * Jack Crane,
Sam Bruton and old man Pierce *
John Beecham * Bruton's on the Teneha
* Leonard Mabbit * Mr. Bates * Eaton's
* Captain English's company * Old
Mrs. Murchison * old Mrs. Eaton
* Colonel Landrum * one of the Maddens
* Lieut. Dick English * Gen. Felix
Houston * Martin's on Trammel's
Trace, between the Saline and Sabine
* David Brown * Keeler and Williams
* Dr. Cannon * the Caddos * Soda
Lake, fifteen miles from Shreveport,
in Louisiana * Gen. Gaines * Fort
Jessup * Henry Cannon, a citizen
of Shelby county * Ben Odell * Seekers
* Wills, York and Hines * Jno. N.
Bradley and Jno. Haley * Henry Reynolds
* Logansport * Juan Flores, * Robertson
* Chief Bowles * Colonel Straw *
Shoemaker * Rathburn, from Buffalo,
New York * Brewster * McLure and
John McKinney * . E. M. Dagget,
of Fort Worth * Jo Goodbread and
Charles W. Jackson * Jonathan McFadgin
* Judge Hansford * Carr * Freebooters
* A man called 'Squire Humphreys
* Ned Merchant * Judge Hawkins *
M. F. Roberts and Emory Raines *
Berry Merchant * Jack Crane * Bill
Baily * Sam Todd and-Bledsoe * Raines
* John H. Martin * King's Fork of
the East Trinity * Col. Wat Morman
* Col. Jno. E. Myrick, Tom Josy,
Sam Wallace, Frank Hooper, Monroe
Hooper, James Vaughan and Lee Truitt.
* "One Eyed Williams," * Allbright's
* Alex. Whittaker * Myrick * Jim
Vaughan * Josephus Moore * a man
named Clapp * Henry Reynolds, a
citizen, whose sympathy was strongly
excited * Farrar Metcalf, Jack Crane,
John Heath * Wm. White * Wallace's
bayou, fifteen miles below Shreveport
* Viz: Seekers, Wills, York and
Hines * John Haley * John M. Bradley
* Jim Hall * Frank Hoover * David
Winburn * Parson Blackburn * John
Doyle * Jeff Cravens * Sheriff Llewellin
* Rogue's Trail * Howell Hudson
* Howell, Hudson, Peter Hudson,
Washington Hooper, Daniel Wiseman
and Dick Harding * Jonas English
* Alfred Truit * Louis Watkins'
* Jerry Beecham * were E. M. and
Chas. Daggett; Joe Smith, ex-sheriff
of Shelby county, John and Frank
Farrar, Jim Graham, Geo. Sandford
* Bill Hansbury * Wm. Price * Jim
Graham * Geo. Sandford * Eph M.
Daggett * Richard Stiles,. Howell
Hudson, Peter Hudson, Washington
Hooper and Jackson White * Mint
Truitt and Bob McNairy * Jas. Graham
* Dr. Davenport * C. T. Hilliard's
* The whole force of moderators
now went into the neighborhood of
my residence and searched the whole
country for me. We had ladies out
all the time acting as spies for
us, watching the movements of the
moderators. These ladies were Mrs.
M. T. J. Johnson, Helen Daggett,
Elizabeth White and Mrs. Nathan
Matthews. The moderators then moved
up to Dave Strickland's, four miles
south of Hilliards. We found they
were there, and being scarce of
ammunition had sent for more, but
concluded to go and fight them with
what we had. This was in 1842.
* George Davidson and Lieutenant
Boulware * Colonel Straw * Tom Haley
* George Davidson * Howell Hudson
and Kane * the Sand Hill road *
Mr. Shoat * Vardeman Duncan, a moderator
* John Reynolds and David Winborn
* Jordan's Saline * Rusk Mclnturf
* Horse Shoe bend of Brazos river,
in Parker county * In 1855 I lived
in Big Valley above the Horse-Shoe
Bend of the Brazos river, in Parker
county * a man named Sanchez * Phillis
Stroud * old man Pointers * J. W.
White * Mohorn * a man named Langston
* Joe Robertson, Bob Tucker, Covington
and Dordy * the Lavender family
* Buck creek in the edge of the
settlement * Peter Garland * Baylor's
ranch * a man named Browning. *
Henry Pugh * Captain Scantland *
Peter Ross * A Mr. Washburn * Dr.
Barkley * A young man named Caldwell
and three others went to Matherell's
Gap * Ben Trimin * Stephensville
* Jim Phillips * Puluxey, in Erath
county * Nathan Middleton * Stroud's
creek * James Upton * Golconda in
Palo Pinto county * Luluxey creek
* Duffau mountain * Tom Killen *
Wm. Culver * Nathan Holt * Jesse
Caroway, Matherwell * Bosque river
* Mansco * Pleasant Boyd * Flannagan
and Smith who had been living on
the head of Leon river moved to
McCain's ranch on Palo Pinto creek
* Mart Stone * Redmond Stone * Wm.
Culver * Col. Van Rimple * Hubbard's
creek * Buck Barry * Joe's Bayou
* Bayou Mason * Ben Sparks * Ruskers
creek * Jane Bosson * TEXANS' PURSUIT
WAS MEXICANS, BUT NOW IT IS CROP
RECORDS: VISITOR'S IMPRESSION OF
STATE
In the lobby of the Wharton Bank
and Trust Co. hangs the following
impression of Texas, written and
signed by "A Texas Visitor," and
since reproduced in various periodicals:
"Texas occupies all the continent
of North America except the small
part set aside for the UnitStates,
Mexico and Canada. Texas owns all
the north of the Rio Grande, the
only dusty river in the world; also
the only one, with the possible
exception of the Trinity, which
is ...
"Texas is bounded on the north
by 25 or 30 states, on the east
by all the oceans in the world but
the Pacific, and on the south by
the Gulf of Mexico and South America,
and on the west by the Pacific Ocean,
the Milky Way and …
"It is 150 miles farther from
El Paso, Tex., to Texarkana, Tex.,
than it is from Chicago to New York;
Fort Worth, Tex., is near to St.
Paul, Minn., than it is to Brownsville,
Tex.
"The chief occupation of the
people of Texas is trying to keep
from making all the money in the
world. The chief pursuit of the
people of Texas was formerly Mexicans,
but now it is land buyers, steers
and Texas crop records…
"If all the Texas steers were
one steer, he would stand with his
front feet in the Gulf of Mexico,
one hind foot in Hudson Bay and
the other in the. Arctic Ocean,
and his tail would brush the mist
from the Aurora Borealis. Some state?"
-San Antonio Evening News
Rev. Z. N. Morrell Writes Of
Early Times
Mentions: Little River * Lieutenant
Errath * Childress * Harvey's *
Weed prairie * Kosse, on the Central
Texas track * W. B. Eaves' shop
* Matthew Burnet's * Cypress City
* Brother Marsh, a Baptist minister
from Mississippi * Bryan * GETS
A PENSIONMentions: Mrs. Martha A.
Cox, Box 445, Alamogordo, New Mexico
* Charles S. Cox, served as second
sergeant under Captain W. C. Lewis
company, Texas Minute Men at Mason
in 1860 * Matt Cavaness *
Crossing The Bar
By Phebe K. Warner
GRAVES ON THE FRONTIER
Mentions: Fordtran, Texas * Southern
Pacific railroad * Maggie Johnson
* the little station of Lobo, on
the Southern Pacific railroad, twelve
miles east of Van Horn * W.M. Wallis
* great-grand-parents, John and
Elizabeth Crownover and James and
Rachel Power, were among the early
colonists of Texas * grand fathers,
Charles Haynes and Benjamin Phillips
* Livina * Sylvanus Castleman *
Mary Malissa Phillips Haynes was
reared in Llano county * Mrs. John
A. Shirley
David Crockett Of Tennessee And
Texas
BY DABNEY WHITE
Born in East Tennessee, on the
Nolachucky river, in 1786, a son
of John Crockett, revolutionary
soldier; a grandson of David Crockett,
who emigrated from Ireland, and
was a member of the Watauga Association,
and who, with members of his family,
was massacred by the Indians, Crockett
grew up a child in the forest. At
the age of twelve he was hired out
by his father to go four hundred
miles on foot to assist in driving
cattle. A short time afterward he
ran away from home and landed in
Baltimore; in order to get back,
he struck out to walk,-as unafraid,
and as much at home in the wilderness
as the wild beasts that inhabited
it. Thus he grew up. At fifteen
he could neither read nor write.
Being unsuccessful in a love affair,
which he attributed to his want
of learning, he went to school for
six months-all the schooling he
ever had. At this early age he was
skillful in the use of the rifle,
and was laying the foundation of
his later renown as a bear hunter.
So begins this mini-biography
of the legendary frontiersman, Congressman,
folksy philosopher and Alamo hero
and martyr
Mentions: The Crocketts trace
their lineage to Antoine de Drocketagni
(1643), a French Huguenot, second
in command of the King's Guard,
and banished from France during
the reign of Louis XIV; his wife
was Louise de Saix. Rebecca Hawkins,,
David Crockett's mother, was of
the landed gentry of France * John
Jacob Astor * Mrs. Wylie Flowers
* the old King's Highway * With
Travis and Bowie and the one hundred
and fifty, David Crockett fought
his last fight *
When I Had My Picture Taken
BY JOE SAPPINGTON
While the picture is not a bad
one, yet it is not what my wife
and mother-in-law would like for
it to be. Of course a onelegged
man with a cataract in his left
eye can tell at a glance that it
is the photograph of a highly intelligent
man, yet the camera failed to reveal
to the naked eye some of my strongest
points and brought out in the most
uncalled for and unsolicited manner
some of my weakest parts. What would
be the conclusion of a stranger
beholding my picture for the first
time? He would concluded at a glance
that I was a bald-headed man with
a nose slight out of plumb and who
had passed through some forty-odd
summers. In all probability he would
not observe the firm-set determined
jaw, the closely-compressed lips,
the proud and haughty stare, the
marble brow heaving bosom, the Grecian,
nose, the eagle eye, the classic
chin, the long, sweeping eye-lashes,
and last, but not least, a pair
of well-matched gothic ears.
Old Timer Gives Account Of Early
Texas Social Life
By W. E. ADAIR
Mentions: G. W. Fox * father,
Frank W. Fox * Fontinell, in the
Territory of Nebraska, in 1857 *
Crescent City society * the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad * the
Texas & Pacific Railroad * the Virginia
Military Institute * ECHOES OF COW-PUNCHING
DAYS
Mentions: Pilot Point, Texas
* Fred Millard * Escondido Canyon
east of Stockton * Tunis Springs
* a fellow by the name of Jerry
Hawk * a German by the name of Ed
Stuckler, or Stiegler * John and
Will Belcher * the JL Cross ranch
* the TX Cattle Company * Horsehead
Crossing on the Pecos * Swain &
Millard * the Toyah country * Judge
W. F. Robinson, Lamesa, Texas *
J. P. Copenhaver, M. D
