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Jack Hays, the Famous Texas Ranger

By Rex Wertenberg. Among the prominent men who made themselves conspicuous by their talents ...

The Killing of Ludwig Spaeth
By Leonard Passmore.
Account of extraordinarily brutal slaying of German Immigrant, Mr Spaeth by Indians ...

The Lost Gold Mine of the Guadalupe Mountains.
L. H. Davis. This interesting story appeared in the El Paso Times ...

Murder of James H. Sewell by Indians in 1871.
By John Warren Hunter.
This eye-witness account of the murder of James ...

Across the Plains in 1849
Uncle Larry Gooding, well known in printing and newspaper circles in North Texas in the early ...

Uncle Sam's Camels
Taylor-Trotwood Magazine
Several camel-laden vessels docked at Galveston during the years between 1856 and 1859. The camels were imported ...

The Passing of Capt. John R. Hughes
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
Account of Captain John R. Hughes, a banker who ...

Fight With Indians At Loving’s Ranch
Great eye-witness account (that’s what’s so great about the Hunter’s ...

Only 19 Survivors Of The Mexican War
Various personal and autobiographical perspectives on the 1846-48 Mexican war from some of the 19 ...

Tragedies in Blanco, Mason, Kimble And Gillespie Counties
Josiah Wilbarger
Various Indian brutalities on the settlers in Blanco, Mason, Kimble ...

Thomas Jefferson Latham
By T. C. Richardson
Thomas Jefferson Latham, was a resident of Texas for seventy years. He was ...

An Emigrant’s Vengeance
Julius Schutze
Account of the terrible treatment of one German settler in the Fredrickburgs area in ...

Captain Andrew Anderson At 90
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Account of Captain Andrew Anderson, who offers his recollection of early day ...

Robbery of the Union Pacific
By J. Marvin Hunter.
In September, 1877, a Union Pacific train was held up and robbed ...

Incidents Of The Buffalo Range
By John H. Cook, Author of "The Border and the Buffalo."
"Most all the big-game ...

A Hanging At Silver City, N. M.
By Judge O. W. Williams
Account is detailed eye-witness description of the hanging ...

Gus T. Jones Retires From F. B. I.
Account of Gus T. Jones who served two years as a Texas ...

The Mystery Woman at Fort Concho
Long about 1870 there appeared among the wild dare-devil element of Fort Concho a reckless ...

Rangers Rescue Three Children
This is the account of the heroic pusuit that occurred autumn of 1862 with a detachment of ...

A Trip to Utah In 1858
By Captain Jason W. James
U. S. supply train driver Captain Jason W. James describes ...