From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents
Author : Frances Bramlette Farris
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : Frances Bramlette Farris
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Page : 322 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Arkansas
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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1563116413
Author : Elizabeth Petty Bentley
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780806317977
"The County Courthouse Book is a concise guide to county courthouses and courthouse records. It is an important book because the genealogical researcher needs a reliable guide to American county courthouses, the main repositories of county records. To proceed in his investigations, the researcher needs current addresses and phone numbers, information about the coverage and availability of key courthouse records such as probate, land, naturalization, and vital records, and timely advice on the whole range of services available at the courthouse. Where available he will also need listings of current websites and e-mail addresses." -- Publisher website.
Author : Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780842027410
The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.
Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 14,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781585441969
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author : David Johnson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1574417789
During the late 1880s, the Cornett-Whitley gang rose on the Texas scene with a daring train robbery at McNeil Station, only miles from the capital of Texas. In the frenzy that followed the robbery, the media castigated both lawmen and government officials, at times lauded the outlaws, and indulged in trial by media. At Flatonia the gang tortured the passengers and indulged in an orgy of violence that earned them international recognition and infamy. The damage that the gang caused is incalculable, including the destruction, temporarily, of a Texas Ranger company. The gang tarnished reputations, shed light on what news media was becoming, and claimed lives. As a whole the gang was psychopathic, sadistic, and murderous, prone to violence. They had no loyalty to one another and no redeeming qualities. But the legacy of the gang is not all evil. Private enterprises, such as Wells Fargo, the railroads, and numerous banks, joined forces with law enforcement to combat them. Lawmen from cities and counties joined forces with federal marshals and the Texas Rangers to further cement what would become the “brotherhood of the badge.” These efforts succeeded in tracking down and killing or capturing a good number of the gang members. Readers of the Old West and true crime stories will appreciate this sordid tale of outlawry and the lawmen who put a stop to it. Those who study the media and “fake news” will appreciate the parallels from the 1880s to today.
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Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : Karen Holliday Tanner
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806181788
Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave “looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler.” Yet he was a cattle rustler as well as a bandit, robber, and killer, “guilty of more crimes than Billy the Kid was ever accused of.” In Last of the Old-Time Outlaws, Karen Holliday Tanner and John D. Tanner, Jr., recount the colorful life of Musgrave (1877-1947), enduring badman of the American Southwest. Musgrave was a charter member of the High Five/Black Jack gang, which was responsible for Arizona’s first bank hold-up, numerous post office and stagecoach robberies, and the largest Santa Fe Railroad heist in history. Following a decade-long hunt, he was captured and acquitted of killing a former Texas Ranger. After this near brush with prison or execution, he headed for South America, where he gained fame as the leading Gringo rustler. It wasn’t until the 1940s that Musgrave’s age and poor health brought an end to a criminal career that had spanned two continents and two centuries. Incorporating previously unknown facts about the career of this frontier outlaw, the Tanners thoroughly document Musgrave’s half-century of crime, from his childhood in the Texas brush country to his final days in Paraguay.
Author : Rick Miller
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.