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Big Celebration At Denison In 1874
By W. W. Hornbeck, Mountain Home, Texas.
Account describes the events associated with the arrival ...

The Fight Of The Little Brazito
By H. H. Bailey, Radium Springs, New Mexico
A battle notable in heroism, ...

The Great Southwest
By Purple Sage (P. S. McGeeney)
From "Idle Moments of a Vagabond," revised from "Memory's Archives." Mentions: ...

Texans In Utah In 1857
By Charles Kelly, Salt Lake City, Utah
NEARLY everyone who has read western history knows something ...

Expedition To Re-Establish Old Ft. Phil Kearney
By Upton Lorentz, Comfort Texas
In 1874, Grant being president and General Sherman in ...

M. R. Cheatham, Old Indian Fighter
Beatrice Grady Gay, Santa Anna, Tex.
Account of M. R. Cheatham, Coleman County, who ...

The Story Of The Old French Colony
Louise Boyer
No incident in the history of Dallas was so great a ...

Frontier Sheriffs Played Important Role
By Max Coleman, Lubbock, Texas
Among all of the important roles played by pioneer settlers ...

Passing of a Stage Driver
by J. Marvin Hunter. Account of well known frontier character, William J. Ellis, describes events ...

A Bakery of Pioneer Days
by Esther Mueller, Fredericksburg, Texas
Very lengthy and detailed account of early settler, Conrad Wehmeyer ...

Zachary Taylor's Encampment at Corpus Christi
By Coleman McCampbell. CORPUS CHRISTI first came into national prominence with the encampment ...

The Texas Petroleum Industry
It was in 1895 that the American Well and Prospecting company, contractors, while sinking a well for ...

Watt Moorman, the Regulator Chief
By Miss Chevies Marguerite Ross, Sulphur Springs, Texas
(Editor's NOTE-The following prize-winning essay was first ...

Ben Thompson, Slain 50 Years Ago, Still Talked About
San Antonio Express. On the night of March 11, 1884, Ben Thompson and John ...

Sarah Ware Kincheloe - Frontier Heroine
By Aileen Penley Baldwin. Remarkable and riveting account of a true heroic pioneer. Sarah ...

Ludwig Spaeth Killed by Indians
By J. Marvin Hunter

Among the many tragedies of the early frontier, there was none ...

Contents of this issue


The Buzzard's Water Hole Gang
Bill Brazelton, Stage Robber  - Donald McCarthy
The Murder of ...