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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 ...

Early Day Stage Robbers
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
During the 1870s and 1880s, before the railroads penetrated Central West Texas, ...

Old Navajoe
Edward Everett Dale
This is story of the town of Navajoe, TX which no longer exists. Yet, in ...

Clay Allison, Man-Killer
Edward B. Bronson
The following sketch of Clay Allison, famous as man-killer, was written by Edward B. ...

Battle of Palo Duro Canyon
Sergeant John B. Charlton
Sergeant John B. Charlton, who died at Uvalde in 1922, furnished Frontier ...

The Mormon's First and Last Drive
Hugh M. Lincecum
In the spring of 1873, J. A. and T. E. Van Ness, ...

The Passing of Capt. John R. Hughes
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
Account of Captain John R. Hughes, a banker who ...

Callahan County Pioneer Passes Away
[Note: This is exceptional early genealogy and history of Callahan County, TX]
Account of J. ...

H. S. Varner, Schoolmaster
Account describing the life of H. S. Varner, of Cottonwood, pioneer school-master who spent almost 48 years ...

Geo. W. Kendall in Tragic Enterprise
George W. Kendall, who founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837, came to Texas in 1841 ...

Sam H. Gilliland Has Eventful Life
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
This is the first-hand account of the life of Samuel ...

Geo. W. Kendall in Tragic Enterprise
George W. Kendall
George W. Kendall, who founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837, came ...

Member of Famous Family Celebrates Birthday
Julia Jones (Includes old photo)
Account of Colonel Robert M. Coleman, for whom Coleman ...

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

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 ...

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 ...