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Category Archives: American Frontier
Consequences
A Texas Ranger could ride like a Mexican, track like an Indian, shoot like a Tennessean, and fight like a devil. McMullen County, formed in 1858 from Béxar, Atascosa, and Live Oak counties, sets around 74-miles south of San Antonio. … Continue reading
Barney Kemp Riggs
There was a time in America when folks just up and died. No one knew why … they just did. No one in the mid-1800s knew much about influenza, cancer, congestive heart failure, or stroke. And when they died, their … Continue reading
A Tale of Southwest Texas
Texas was always — and remains today — a place best suited to Texans. You can visit Texas, of course, and many people do enjoy a family holiday along San Antonio’s River Walk and visiting the Alamo (which looks nothing … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Southwest, History, Indian Territory, Justice, Society, Texas, Texas Rangers
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Cowboys in Neckties
Some background The United States is a nation of immigrants. Between 1580 and 1775, the population of Europeans went from zero to around 3.5 million. They arrived in waves, of course, and the attitudes toward new arrivals vacillated between enthusiastic welcome and … Continue reading
The Lee-Peacock Feud
Background On 2 April 1866, the American Civil War had been officially ended for just shy of a year. At best, however, the war was only almost over — but not quite. On that date, the Thirty-ninth Congress of the United States … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Southwest, Civil War, Gunfights and such, History, Justice, Society, Texas
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Tombstone Judge
With three men dead, two wounded, and one slightly injured, one would think that it was one hell of a gunfight. Well, it was — and it wasn’t. The fight only lasted around thirty-seconds, but within that short span of … Continue reading
Outlaws & Patriots
Early America and the Quest for Independence Introduction Seldom has there ever been a sense of “we” in Great Britain. National unity did manifest itself as a result of wars, but this has always been a fickle indicator because people … Continue reading
Legends and Such
The story of David Crockett and Mike Fink Some Background A few weeks ago, at Fix Bayonets, I posted an account of the 8th Marine Regiment following its activation in 1917. The regiment formed as a contingency for possible service … Continue reading
Frontier Capitalists
. . . and Tough Hombres Europeans have competed against one another since the end of the Roman Empire, first as tribal entities, and later as nation-states. It is, perhaps, an element of human nature. Christopher Columbus’ exploration of 1492 … Continue reading
Posted in American Frontier, American Indians, History, Mountain Men, New France, Pioneers
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Black Mountaineers
Occasionally, one learns something by stumbling across information previously unknown. At other times, one learns by asking questions and then begins a process to find the answers. That’s the way it was with me in these stories of black mountain … Continue reading
