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Category Archives: Texas
A Texas-Canadian Cowpoke
Some Background Regardless of their diverse body types and coloration, scientists believe that all of the world’s cattle come from the humped cattle of Asia. From Asia, cattle expanded to Africa and then introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Cowboys, Civil War, History, Kansas, Texas
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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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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
Flying Hay
On 10 November 1827, one-hundred-fifty Indians confronted eighteen Texians in what is presently Wise County, Texas. Despite being significantly outnumbered, Lieutenant A. B. Benthuysen and his men defeated the Indians, inflicting fifty casualties upon them while suffering ten casualties among … Continue reading
Charles Edward Travis
I would be surprised if anyone in the United States hasn’t heard of William Barrett “Buck” Travis (1809-1836). I find his story quite interesting, if short — and perhaps somewhat typical of Americans in the early to the late nineteenth … Continue reading
Posted in History, Texas, Texas Rangers
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Ethnic Lawmen in Texas
Most Americans have a misperception about the old west lawmen. I did too for many years. It wasn’t our fault, though. With scant exceptions[1], all liberal Hollywood ever presented to us in the cinema was white lawmen, wearing white hats, … Continue reading
Posted in Society, Texas, Texas Rangers
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