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Hangings and Lynchings in Dallas County, Texas

Author : Terry Baker

Publisher : Eakin Press

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 37,55 MB

Release : 2016-01-15

Category : History

ISBN : 9781681790329

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"Hangings and Lynchings in Dallas County, Texas: 1853 to 1920" documents all of the known hangings in Dallas County including . . . Jane Elkins, a slave, hanged for the ax murder of Andrew C. Wisdom and the first female to be legally hanged in Texas . . . Four young men, two of whom were brothers, accused of being horse thieves and cattle rustlers were lynched by vigilantes . . . Reuben "Rube" Johnson, lynched by three men for refusing to give false testimony in an upcoming theft trial . . . Henry Miller, hanged after being tried and convicted for the 1892 murder of Dallas Police Officer C. O. Brewer . . . Fred Douglas, the last person to be legally hanged in Dallas County. The author, Terry Baker spent a lifetime in law enforcement, retiring with the rank of assistant chief deputy after thirty-nine years with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. He served as captain and commander of the "Old Jail" in downtown Dallas where the last five Dallas County hangings were held.



The Accomodation

Author : Jim Schutze

Publisher : Citadel Pr

Page : 199 pages

File Size : 34,26 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780806510460

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Discusses racial relations in Dallas during the 1950s and 1960s and describes the struggles of the black community to gain power









Land is the Cry!

Author : Susanne Starling

Publisher : Texas State Historical Assn

Page : 278 pages

File Size : 36,22 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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In Land Is the Cry! Susanne Starling tells the fascinating story of Warren Angus Ferris, Rocky Mountain fur trader, surveyor, farmer, and "Father of Dallas County". Ferris was one of the two founders of Dallas, along with land speculator William P. King. But Ferris merited fame even before he came to Texas in 1837, for his remarkable story encompasses three arenas: the Niagara frontier of western New York, the fur-trading country of the Rocky Mountains, and frontier northeast Texas during the years of the Republic. Ferris served as the official surveyor for Nacogdoches County, which then included much of northeast Texas. Warren Ferris spent another thirty-five years of his eventful life in Texas.



Decker

Author : Jim Gatewood

Publisher : Mullaney Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,73 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Sheriffs

ISBN : 9780967446004

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The KKK will rise and fall when met by a determined Sheriff Decker of Dallas County. Decker puts an end to Bonnie and Clyde's killing spree. The Dallas gang wars - as Benny Binion fights for a gambling empire. The assassination of JFK: the Dallas County deputy sheriff reports here to fore unpublished! Sheriff Decker's opinion: the conspiracy and the JFK cover-up unraveling.



Preston Hollow: A Brief History

Author : Jack Walker Drake

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 16,68 MB

Release : 2021

Category : History

ISBN : 1467149381

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Series statement taken from publisher's website.





Dallas-Fort Worth Freeways

Author : Erik Slotboom

Publisher :

Page : 540 pages

File Size : 14,14 MB

Release : 2014-04-01

Category : Express highways

ISBN : 9780974160511

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Book Description

History of Dallas-Fort Worth freeways and associated landmarks and events