White Rabbit On April 1, 1934, 6’2” Frank Hamer was sitting, cramped, in his tiny Ford V-8 automobile in a lonely rivers…
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The Forgotten Hero Why Louisiana Sheriff Henderson Jordan should be remembered as a key member of the hunt and ambush of Bonnie and Clyde.
No knowledgeable Texan doubts that Ranger Captain Frank Hamer deserves the credit for running down and staging the execu…
Frank Hamer vs. Bonnie and Clyde When the Barrow Gang seemed uncatchable in 1934, Texas turned to its greatest Ranger to track them down and bring them back, dead or alive.
Frank Hamer’s career began during the closing years of the Texas frontier, and saw him transition from a horseback Range…
Crossfire The rich history and key players surrounding the capture of notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde
Three historians slice and dice what actually happened in one of the greatest manhunts in American history. We have deci…
A Texas Ranger Earns His Spurs Three decades before he became renowned for tracking down Bonnie and Clyde, the legendary Texas Ranger earned his badge under fire along the Rio Grande.
Frank Hamer rested his muscular frame against the trunk of a hackberry tree. He levered a round into the chamber of his…
The Alamo Under Siege Gary Foreman has fought a lonely battle over the decades—and may be about to win the war.
For many baby boomers, the lasting image of the Alamo comes from the ’50s. The 1950s. Fess Parker is the title character…
The Tragedy of Texas Jack Texas Jack Omohundro and Giuseppina Morlacchi’s doomed romance
Texas Jack could have been the person about whom the phrase “tall, dark and handsome” was coined. And Giuseppina Morlacc…
Rails West … And East! Rediscover America along the historic route of the transcontinental railroad in honor of the 150th anniversary of its epic construction.
“It is done!” These three words shot out across the Western telegraph to the world on May 10, 1869, at the moment Centra…
The Final Nail in the Apache Kid’s Coffin Evidence points to demise of renegade wanted on both sides of the border.
Everyone in the posse took notice of a pair of binoculars taken from the Apache’s body. The Apache Kid always carried th…
No Bull Jeb Rosebrook tapped his roots to forge rodeo cowboy Junior Bonner.
In the early 1970s, Hollywood filmmakers were leaving the studio back lots of Los Angeles with fresh screenplays in hand…