History of Montague County, Texas
Author : Fannie Cora Potter
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Montague County (Tex.)
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Author : Fannie Cora Potter
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Montague County (Tex.)
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Author : Fannie Potter
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 1913
Category : History
ISBN : 5877526901
Author : Melvin E. Fenoglio
Publisher :
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 17,28 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Montague County (Tex.)
ISBN : 9780881071436
Author : Glen Sample Ely
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0806167750
On a sweltering August night in 1876, Methodist minister William England, his wife, Selena, and two of her children were brutally slaughtered in their North Texas home. Acting on Selena’s deathbed testimony, a neighbor, his brother-in-law, and a friend were arrested and tried for the murders. Murder in Montague tells the story of this gruesome crime and its murky aftermath. In this engrossing blend of true crime reporting, social drama, and legal history, author Glen Sample Ely presents a vivid snapshot of frontier justice and retribution in Texas following the Civil War. The sheer brutality of the Montague murders terrified settlers already traumatized by decades of chaos, violence, and fear—from the deadly raids of Comanche and Kiowa Indians to the terrors of vigilantes, lynchings, and Reconstruction lawlessness. But the crime's aftermath—involving five Texas governors, five trials at Montague and Gainesville, five appeals to the Texas Court of Appeals, and three life sentences at hard labor in the state's abominable and inhumane prison system—offered little in the way of reassurance or resolution. Viewed from any perspective, the 1876 England family murders were both a human tragedy and a miscarriage of justice. Combining the long view of history and the intimate detail of true crime reporting, Murder in Montague deftly captures this moment of reckoning in the story of Texas, as vigilante justice grudgingly gave way to an established system of law and order.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Texas
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Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 23,44 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 : Shannon Castle Gillette
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 15,11 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0738596507
Bowie, the "Little Wonder of the West," grew from a tent city to the largest town in Montague County in just one year's time. This entrepreneurial spirit led to ideas such as the Chicken and Bread Boys, the M. Johnson Poultry Ranch, and Second Monday Trade Days. Bowie, Montague, Saint Jo, Nocona, Ringgold, Sunset, and Forestburg, along with the other hundred or so communities that made up Montague County, offered a unique slice of Americana and individualism. Their history collectively provides a unique look at the taming of the Western frontier, including a proud Native American culture, the Chisholm Trail, the Butterfield Stage, and promises of streets paved with gold. Over time, the smaller communities of the county faded and merged with the larger ones, leaving only memories of places such as Uz, Gladys, and Rip.
Author : Lucy Smith
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Latter Day Saints
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Author : Alice Eichholz
Publisher : Ancestry Publishing
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781593311667
" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.
Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806121895
"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town's founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review