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

Captivity and Ransom of Mrs. Box and Daughters
Written by Judge I. D. Ferguson, of Denton, Texas
This account describes ...

The Thermopylae of America
Accounts of how the name "alamo" came to be associated with the fort, the Front of ...

A New Mexico Mystery
By W. Byron Neil.
Account of Mr. Neil when, in the summer of 1885 he was captain ...

The Assault On The Alamo
By R. M. Potter, in The Texas Almanac, 1868
From the article: "The fall of the ...

Governor John Ireland
By J. Marvin Hunter.
John Ireland, fifteenth Governor of Texas, was born in Hart county, Kentucky, June 1...

A Story Of The "Fighting Parson"
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Andrew Jackson Potter was a. reformed gambler and race horse ...

The San Saba Discovery
By Ida Babcock Hall
Account details a discovery made by Jess Hollis during the 1890's in ...

Early Day Tribes in Central Texas
by Frank E Simmons
Mentions early colonization and settlement of the area around Bosque ...

"Injun Fightin" With The Texas Rangers
Events of this account occurred in Mason Co., in 1875. This is excellent history of ...

One Of Our Texas Queens
By J. Marvin Hunter
Account of Mrs. Birdie Crosby Harwood, of Marble Falls, Texas. Mrs. ...

Alsate, Last Of The Chisos Apaches
By Judge O. W. Williams, Fort Stockton, Texas
The area of Texas lying between ...

Historic Bandera Pass
By J. Marvin Hunter
Ten miles north of the town of Bandera, Texas, is historic Bandera Pass, ...

The Old Time Country Schools
By J. Marvin Hunter.
In the late 1800's the country schools in Texas were somewhat ...

Captain William Eastland
By Mary Johnson Posey
Account of Captain William Eastland, for whom Eastland county, Texas, was named, and ...

Dr. Travis M. Harrell, Texian
By J. Marvin Hunter.
One character on the Texas frontier who has never been given ...

The Real Texas Cowboy
By J. Marvin Hunter.
The Texas cowboy had his interpreters, plenty of them, yet today he ...

Jane Long, The Mother Of Texas
By A. J. Sowell
Account of Mrs. Jane Herbert Long, called "The Mother of ...

A. J. Sowell, Ranger and Author
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Account of Andrew Jackson Sowell, who was in his youthful ...

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