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New Braunfels Boasted Old World Court
By J. Marvin Hunter.
When one thinks of the pioneer days of Texas he ...

Mysteries Of The Chisos Are Unfolding
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Account of geological, historical and archeological characteristics of the Chisos ...

The Last Claim Of The Republic
By Garland Adair
Among a long list of claims approved by the 46th Texas ...

Jean LaFitte Occupied Galveston Island
Galveston News, August 15, 1939.
Galveston owes much of the glamour and romance which today envelopes this ...

Aunt Ollie Peril; True Pioneer Mother
By T. U. Taylor, Austin, Texas
Account of Mary Olive Locke who married Mr. ...

On the Cover – Andrew Jackson Potter
San Felipe De Austin as Seen by Smithwick
San Felipe de Austin, on the ...

Captain James B. Gillett – (Cover Image)
Captain James Buchanan Gillett of Marfa, Texas was identified with the livestock industry ...

Crockett's Colorful Career Ended In Texas
By J. Marvin Hunter
Colonel David Crockett was one of the most remarkable men ...

Moses Austin Was A Real Pioneer
By J. Marvin Hunter
When Moses Austin came to Texas in 1820, to seek a ...

Stephen F. Austin, The Father Of Texas
When Stephen F. Austin heard that the application of his father to plant ...

An Indian Massacre in Montague County
Account of brutal Indian attack that occurred in 1870 on the west prong of Denton ...

The Lofty Courage Of A Pioneer Mother
Account of Mr. and Mrs. John Burleson, who lived in San Angelo, Texas, ...

The Killing Of Josephus Browning Avenged
By W. K. Baylor
Eyewitness account of events surrounding the scalping murder and revenge ...

The Winnemucca Bank Robbery
By Franklin Reynolds
Eye-witness account of the events that occurred when Butch Cassidy and his Hole ...

"T. U." The Grand Young Man Of Texas
By Dr. Robert T. Hill
Account of the life and career of ...

David N. Wharton, Kerr County Pioneer
David N. Wharton, long-time Kerr county resident came from McNary county, Tennessee to Texas ...

James V. Latham: A Texas Ranger
By Clarinda L. Latham, Alamogordo, New Mexico
James V. Latham was born at Vienna, ...

"Three-Legged Willie" Williamson
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Among the early lawyers in Texas R. M. (Three-Legged Willie) Williamson was without ...

A Description Of Texas Sixty Years Ago
Description of Texas frontier from the New York Times, 1874
Mentions: La Saba * Magee, ...

Indian Raid In Bandera County
By James B. Gibson, El Paso, Texas.
Account of event that occurred in February, 1873 when ...