Helped to Blaze the Way for Civilization
Account of early Bosque County settler, W. S. Powell who came to Texas ...

Memoirs of Mrs. Maverick
Excerpt from the Memoirs of Mrs. Maverick. Detailed and entertaining account of the life and times ...

Ben Thompson wins a Tombstone
It was said of the notorious desperado Ben Thompson, "to offend him was to ...

Military Outpost in Coleman County
Henry C. Fuller.
Camp Colorado, near Jim Ned Creek. Est. August 1856. From here would come ...

Childhood Memories
By Mrs. L. A. Scott, McKinney, TX.
Tells of grandfather, R. R. Royall who landed at Matagorda and ...

Fight With Indians At Loving’s Ranch
Great eye-witness account (that’s what’s so great about the Hunter’s ...

Massacre Of The Khenen Family
Judge I. D. Ferguson, Denton, TX. Account of German farmer , Mr Khenen and family of ...

Only 19 Survivors Of The Mexican War
Various personal and autobiographical perspectives on the 1846-48 Mexican war from some of the 19 ...

A Great Indian Raid In Young County
By John Warren Hunter
Lengthy and detailed account given by eye-witness Mr. Walter ...

When Camels Roamed Over Texas
R. C. Crane
With the establishment of forts at strategic points over the west, the ...

Surveyed in the Plains Country
by W. S. Adair
This article first appeared in the Dallas News, 1923. Follows the life ...

Burnet County Pioneers
Account of E. E. Brooks, and his wife pion­eers of Burnet county, TX. He was ...