Bill Cruger was a tough lawman in Shackleford County, Texas (which included Fort Griffin) in the 1870s. He was originall…
Tag: Texas
A Deadly Feud Between Two Jims
Jim Harkey and Jim Barbey were both riders at the Cottonwood Mott Line Camp in west Texas in 1880. Nobody knew of any t…
Bud Ballew: Lawman Gone Bad
Bud Ballew was a lawman around Ardmore, Oklahoma after the turn of the century. He had a string of killings to his cred…
The Wild Bunch Often Hung Out at Fannie Porter’s Bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies Say Fort Worth or San Antonio.
The Wild Bunch often hung out at Fannie Porter’s bordello in Texas. Where was it? Movies say Fort Worth or San Antonio. …
Texas Captains of Cotton and Cattle Discover the Old Southwest on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Alabama-born Levi Jordan left the border country between Louisiana and Arkansas in 1848 and resettled near the San Berna…
The Planting of Judge Roy Bean How the “Law West of the Pecos” got his start.
Roy Bean was looking for new opportunities in the summer of 1882. He’d already carved a wide trail in the Southwest and…
Frontier Texas Riding For The Lone Star: Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865 by Nathan A. Jennings
In Nathan Jennings’ Riding for the Lone Star: Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865, (University of North…
Following the Guidon: Texas Frontier Forts Drive, ride and hike into the Lone Star State’s storied military past.
Texans take great pride in their storied past, which is as wide and as deep as the vast Lone Star State itself. Nowhere …
Texas Feud University of North Texas Press, $29.95
The last major Texas feud has been explored in No Hope For Heaven, No Fear of Hell by James C. Kearney, Bill Stein and J…
John Slaughter
John Slaughter was one of the many Texas cattlemen who drove their herds to the virgin ranges of Arizona in the 1870’s. …