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Frontier Sheriffs Played Important Role
By Max Coleman, Lubbock, Texas
Among all of the important roles played by pioneer settlers ...

The Story Of The Morgan Massacre
By Marjorie Rogers, Marlin, Texas. Contains photo of Mrs. Sadie Marlin Pruitt.
THE MARLIN ...

Passing of a Stage Driver
by J. Marvin Hunter. Account of well known frontier character, William J. Ellis, describes events ...

A Cowboy Poet
by John White
Account of famous cowboy poet, D. J. O'Malley.
Mentions: the N-Bar-N ranch in Eastern ...

A Bakery of Pioneer Days
by Esther Mueller, Fredericksburg, Texas
Very lengthy and detailed account of early settler, Conrad Wehmeyer ...

Zachary Taylor's Encampment at Corpus Christi
By Coleman McCampbell. CORPUS CHRISTI first came into national prominence with the encampment ...

Old Seminole Scouts Still Thrive on Border
By H. Conger Jones. The Seminoles are a mixed race, composed of ...

The Texas Petroleum Industry
It was in 1895 that the American Well and Prospecting company, contractors, while sinking a well for ...

Watt Moorman, the Regulator Chief
By Miss Chevies Marguerite Ross, Sulphur Springs, Texas
(Editor's NOTE-The following prize-winning essay was first ...

Fort Davis Opened Trail Through Bad Lands of Texas
San Antonio Express. This is an excellent, detailed and fairly lengthy ...

Ben Thompson, Slain 50 Years Ago, Still Talked About
San Antonio Express. On the night of March 11, 1884, Ben Thompson and John ...

Ben Thompson and Billy Sims
by Captain J. B. Gillett. Mentions lesser known details regarding the exploits of notorious Ben ...

Sarah Ware Kincheloe - Frontier Heroine
By Aileen Penley Baldwin. Remarkable and riveting account of a true heroic pioneer. Sarah ...

Spanish Attempts to Civilize Texas Indians
By Marjorie Rogers, Marlin, Texas. Very interesting historical work on the efforts of ...

What Makes a Texan Tick?
By Boyce House

“To understand Texas, and therefore Texans, it must be borne in mind, ...

Ludwig Spaeth Killed by Indians
By J. Marvin Hunter

Among the many tragedies of the early frontier, there was none ...

Origin and Development of the Santa Fe Trade

This article is taken from "Commerce of the Prairies" a book published ...

Gen. Houston at San Jacinto
Tex Oran

The San Jacinto campaign lasted one month and 11 days, beginning properly on March 11, 1836, ...

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The Bill Doolin Gang of Outlaws - J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
Mollie Bailey, The Great Showwoman ...

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Charley Chandler, A Rancher'of the Pecos - J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
A Bareback Chase After  ...