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Henry Nowlin Kerr County Pioneer
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
Account of the life of one of the Texas Hill country's ...

Captain Neal Coldwell
By A. J. Sowell
Account of Captain Neal Coldwell who was born in Dade county, Missouri, in ...

An Early Day Texas School
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
Account of the frontier school which stood on the bank of ...

Revolution of Texas in 1812
From Texas Scrap Book, 1875
“In 1811 and 1812 Colonel W. D. C. Hall was residing at Nachitoches, and ...

Clay Allison, Man-Killer
Edward B. Bronson
The following sketch of Clay Allison, famous as man-killer, was written by Edward B. ...

The Mormon's First and Last Drive
Hugh M. Lincecum
In the spring of 1873, J. A. and T. E. Van Ness, ...

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

H. S. Varner, Schoolmaster
Account describing the life of H. S. Varner, of Cottonwood, pioneer school-master who spent almost 48 years ...

Sam H. Gilliland Has Eventful Life
J. Marvin Hunter, Sr.
This is the first-hand account of the life of Samuel ...

Ben Thompson wins a Tombstone
It was said of the notorious desperado Ben Thompson, "to offend him was to invite ...

Childhood Memories
By Mrs. L. A. Scott, McKinney, TX. 
Tells of grandfather, R. R. Royall who landed at Matagorda ...

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

Massacre Of The Khenen Family
Judge I. D. Ferguson, Denton, TX. Account of German farmer , Mr Khenen and family of ...

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

A Great Indian Raid In Young County
By John Warren Hunter 
Lengthy and detailed account given by eye-witness Mr. ...

When Camels Roamed Over Texas
R. C. Crane 
With the establishment of forts at strategic points over the west, ...

Surveyed in the Plains Country
by W. S. Adair
This article first appeared in the Dallas News, 1923. Follows the life ...

Burnet County Pioneers
Account of E. E. Brooks, and his wife pion­eers of Burnet county, TX. He was born ...

Moore's Defeat On The San Saba
In consequence if the repeated and continued inroads of the Indians through 1837 and 1838, at ...

J. C. Cureton Tells of Famous Battle
By John C. Cureton.
John C. Cureton, uncle of Chief Justice C. M. ...