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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 ...

Texas Courts
By Max Coleman, Lubbock, Texas
From the earliest days, magistrates or a justice of the peace had functioned ...

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

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

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

Fort Davis Opened Trail Through Bad Lands of Texas
San Antonio Express. This is an excellent, detailed and fairly lengthy ...

Ben Thompson and Billy Sims
by Captain J. B. Gillett. Mentions lesser known details regarding the exploits of notorious Ben ...

Ludwig Spaeth Killed by Indians
By J. Marvin Hunter

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

Origin and Development of the Santa Fe Trade

This article is taken from "Commerce of the Prairies" a book published ...