A successful outlaw got out of the game at the right time. Nathaniel Reed was called “Texas Jack”—a bit odd since he was from Arkansas and...
The Saga of Texas Jack
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The Longest Cattle Drive in American History
During the mid-1840s two Englishmen, Tom Candy Ponting and his partner Washington Malone a trio of erstwhile stock dealers, came up with a grand...
La Frontiera
Jeff Guinn’s new book War on the Border, a fresh biography of Custer, a collection of Western classics, and updated histories of the Blackfoot...
Mesquite, Texas Sponsored by the City of Mesquite
Mesquite isn’t called the Official Rodeo Capital of Texas for nothing. The Mesquite Championship Rodeo starts on the first Saturday in June and...
Ready to Die But Dr. Brassell wasn’t expecting the kind of death he got.
Dr. Phillip Brassell of Yorktown, Texas was dying of tuberculosis. On September 18, 1876, he put his affairs in order, believing that his end was...
Revenge Got Out of Hand An eye for an eye blew up into a massacre.
August 19, 1871. Several Texas cowboys were seeking revenge for the death of a friend eight days before. They tracked the killer, Mike McCluskie,...
A Century of Fine Art in the Big Bend Sponsored by Museum of the Big Bend
A Century of Fine Art in the Big Bend SRSU Faculty and Students April 20- May 28, 2021 Artwork from the Sul Ross State University Art...
All Roads Lead to Cuero, the Heart of South Texas Sponsored by Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Shop, Stay, Dine, and Explore! Discover Cuero's history! Visit Cuero's Museums and Historic Downtown. DeWitt County kicks off 175 years March 2021....
A Cowboy Archaeologist? George McJunkin made a huge discovery.
George McJunkin was a top hand, running some of the largest cattle outfits in New Mexico and Texas during the post-Civil War years. He had a run-in...
Tracking the Texas Rangers
FOLLOW THE HISTORIC TRAILS OF THE LONE STAR LAWMAN THROUGH WEST TEXAS FROM SAN ANGELO TO EL PASO. “They are having a lively time in Tom Green...
Don’t Shoot! A former lawman failed in his attempt to surrender.
George Campbell had built up a solid reputation as a lawman in Texas and New Mexico during the late 1870s and early 1880s. For a couple of...
What History Has Taught Me: Johnny D. Boggs
My mother and father... Songwriter Rodney Crowell wrote my life story in “Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper’s Dream)”: “But Mama kept the...