Legendary Texans in History, Politics, Wars, Laws, Arts, Legends, Crimes, Local & more. (original) (raw)

Texas without Texans is like Antarctica without penguins -
in both cases the landscape would be barren without them.
Texans just happen to be a lot more colorful.

"Every man's life is a fairy-tale written by God's fingers."- Hans Christian Andersen

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Celebrated & Uncelebrated Texans

Actors, athletes, singers, writers ...

• Coach Chester Klaerner by Michael Barr 10-15-23

• Famous Texas Typists by Clay Coppedge 10-11-23
  James Field Smathers, inventor of the electric typewriter; and Betty Nesmith Graham, inventor of Liquid Paper.

• La Menken and the First Horse Opera by Clay Coppedge 4-11-23

• Elmer "Pet" Brown: The Idol of His Fans by Clay Coppedge 1-12-23

• Ludwig Vorauer - Winemaker and Nurseryman by Michael Barr 10-1-22

• Slingin' Sammy Baugh by Clay Coppedge 9-25-22
  If anyone ever asks you to name the greatest football player to ever come out of Texas, you will have a strong case if you go with Sammy Baugh. You will have the added satisfaction of being right. "Slingin'" Sammy Baugh was a pioneer of today's National Football League (NFL) and the one who did the most to give us the game we know today.

• El Diablo gets his due by Clay Coppedge
  Austin native Willie Wells was one of the best shortstops to ever play professional baseball...

• Robert Penniger: Early Editor of the Fredericksburg Standard by Michael Barr 6-15-22

• August Seimering and the Forty-Eighters by Michael Barr 1-2-22

• Country Music's First Superstar by Clay Coppedge 11-3-21
  Jimmy Rogers

• Shooting Stars of the Small Screen by Douglas Brode. Reviewed by Dr. Kirk Bane 9-1-21

• The Star of the Telegram: The Cartoons of Harold Maples by Devin McCue. Reviewed by Dr. Kirk Bane 5-1-21

• The Fleeting Fame and Lasting Legacy of Bobby Morrow by Clay Coppedge

• Pitchfork Smith by Mike Cox

• O. Henry in Fredericksburg by Michael Barr

• J. L. Yarborough - A Passion for Baseball by Michael Barr

• Ace Reid's Cowpokes by Michael Barr

• Ol' Rip, The Entombed Horned Toad of Eastland County

• Barbarians At The City Limits - Arnold is from Austria - Conan is from Cross Plains, Texas by Brewster Hudspeth

• Ten Things You Never Knew About "Hoss" Cartwright by John Troesser

• The Mighty Hoss by Archie P. McDonald

• Sissy Spacek and Rip Torn by John Troesser

• Ten Thing you should know about Jules Bledsoe by John Troesser

• Wink, Roy Orbison's Boyhood Home

• Texas Guinan by Luke Warm

• Etta Moten Barnett by John Troesser

• The Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton by Clay Coppedge

• Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez by John Troesser

• Raoul Josset

• El Paso�s Beautiful People: 1921-1946
  Photographer Alfonso Casasola and The Casasola Photo Collection

• Love in the Time of Diphtheria by Luke Warm

• Milt Hinkle, the South America Kid and aerial bulldogger by Clay Coppedge 1-13-18

• Hand-tooled Holsters Tell Stories by Mike Cox

• Sharon Tate: Recollection by Debra Tate, Foreword by Roman Polanski. Review by Kirk Bane

• John Hardman by Clint Skinner
  Producer, puppeteer

• Margo Jones by Clint Skinner

• The Real James Dean: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best Book review by Dr. Kirk Bane

• Bobby Fuller by Clay Coppedge

• "Ragtime Texas" Henry Thomas by Clay Coppedge

• Academic Poker by Mike Cox

• YOGI Poem by David Knape

Two Poems for George Jones
"If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." - Waylon Jennings

• The Possum by David Knape

• A Picture of Us Without George by Luke Warm

• Booger Red - ugliest man living or dead by Murray Montgomery
  "That nickname was attached to a man who would go down in history as one of the greatest horsemen and bronc riders this country has ever known."

• Sweetwater Swatter by Clay Coppedge
  Lew Jenkins

• Tex Avery by Clay Coppedge

• Tom Mix: Don't Mess with the Myth by Mike Cox

• Ben K. Green by Clay Coppedge

• �Dr. J.B. Cranfill�s Chronicle: A Story of Life in Texas� by Mike Cox

• Frontier Journalism in Texas by Clay Coppedge

• The Home Run that Never Was by Charles Watson

• Tex Ritter - A Texas Original by C. F. Eckhardt

• Hello, Sucker by Clay Coppedge

Historical & Political

Quanah Parker by Jeffery Robenalt Quanah Parker was a major player in both the Comanche war of resistance against white encroachment of the Comancheria and in the tribe�s eventual acclimation to reservation life. Nomadic warrior of the plains, war chief of the Quahadi band, cattle rancher, man of business, and friend to American Presidents; it could truly be said that Quanah was a man of two worlds.

• The Mystery Man by Bob Bowman
  Captain Daingerfield
• LBJ and Sad Irons by Clay Coppedge
• George Washington Littlefield by Luke Warm
• John Henninger Reagan
  Ten Things you should know about John Henninger Reagan
• Bernardo de Galvez by C. F. Eckhardt
• Henry Mordorff - A San Jacinto Veteran
• The Mysterious Yellow Rose of Texas by Linda Kirkpatrick
• Ten Things to know about James Webb Throckmorton by John Troesser
• G.W. Fly: Confederate soldier and Texas statesman by Murray Montgomery
• Ned Green by Clay Coppedge
• George Kendall by Clay Coppedge
• Clara Driscoll
  Savior of the Alamo
• Temple Houston by Clay Coppedge
• Zapata by Maggie Van Ostrand
• The Adventures of Spencer Houston Jack by Murray Montgomery
• Davy In East Texas by Bob Bowman
• A Confederate Soldier in Texas: Full Metal Corset by Maggie Van Ostrand
• Ten Things To Know About Henry Smith by John Troesser
• Gail Borden by Mike Cox
• Miss Lockhart and the Comanches by Maggie Van Ostrand
• Life and Times of James Coryell by Clay Coppedge
• Indian Emily by Mike Cox
  An Apache female fell wounded in a skirmish between cavalry troops stationed at Fort Davis and her band
• Mary Ann Goodnight and the Texas State Bison Herd by Linda Kirkpatrick
• Terry's Texas Rangers by Mike Cox
• Forgotten Conservationist by Mike Cox
• The Women of 1836 - Part I by Linda Kirkpatrick
• The Women of 1836, Part III, Mary Millsap by Linda-Kirkpatrick
• Susannah Dickinson by Linda-Kirkpatrick
• Peter Ellis Bean by Archie P. McDonald
• George Washington Brackenridge
• The Forgotten Hero by C. F. Eckhardt
  Ben Milam
• San Jacinto Hero Henry Millard by Mike Cox
  Texas has 254 counties and 1,208 incorporated cities, but none are named for Henry Millard � a virtually forgotten hero of the Texas War for Independence.
• Goodbye, General Bill by Gael Montana
• Old Bill and Handsome Wolf by Clay Coppedge
• "Take Care of My Little Boy" by Archie P. McDonald
  Travis wrote this last letter from the Alamo.
• The adventures of John Himes Livergood by Murray Montgomery
• Goodrich Jones: The best friend Texas trees ever had by Clay Coppedge
• Did Davy survive? by Bob Bowman
• Ann Whitney
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday by Archie P. McDonald
• Margie Neal Archie P. McDonald
• Train travelers owe much to service pioneer by Delbert Trew
• Pamelia Mann, Tough Texan Archie P. McDonald
• The General Was A Spy�And So Was The Pirate by C. F. Eckhardt
• Eyewitness by Maggie Van Ostrand
  Mr. Epperson was selling newspapers at Ford's Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865...
• James Long, Filibuster by Archie P. McDonald
  And Jane Long, Mother of Texas.
• First to Fly by C. F. Eckhardt
  Jacob Brodbeck
• Sally Skull, the Scariest Siren in Texas by Maggie Van Ostrand
• How legends are made by Delbert Trew
  Charles Goodnight
• The Harrowing Life and Times of Elizabeth Ann Bishop by Maggie Van Ostrand
• Teresita Woman of the Apache by Linda Kirkpatrick
• Many Places of LaSalle's Murder by Bob Bowman..
• CSA Veterans by Mike Cox
• Haden Edwards by Archie P. McDonald
• Did John Wilkes Booth Live In Texas? by C. F. Eckhardt
• Dr. Edward Arrel Pye, A Texas Medical Hero by W. T. Block Jr.
• The Republic's First President by Archie P. McDonald
• Price Daniel by Archie P. McDonald
• Henry O. Flipper, An Epic Remaining To Be Told by C. F. Eckhardt
• Checkers by Mike Cox
• Sally Scull: Texas' Pioneer "Bad Girl" by W. T. Block Jr.
• Alamo Hero by W. T. Block Jr.
  Isaac Ryan
• Sam's Mother-in-Law by Mike Cox
  Mrs. Nancy Lea, Sam Houston mother-in-law
• Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell by Archie P. McDonald
• Richard Ellis by Mike Cox
• Jane McManus Storm Cazneau by Archie P. McDonald
• Tallest Rebel by Mike Cox
• Catherine Magill Dorman: Confederate Heroine of Sabine Pass by W.T. Block, Jr
• Temple Lea Houston by C. F. Eckhardt
• Don Juan de O�ate by Brewster Hudspeth
• The Smith Brothers by Bob Bowman
• Thomas Deye Owings of Maryland, Kentucky and Texas by W. T. Block Jr.
  Goliad Massacre
• Bowie by Mike Cox
• William Marsh Rice by Archie P. McDonald
• The Rufus F. Hardin School - Founder George Smith
• The Rufus F. Hardin School - Educator Rufus F. Hardin
• Old Sam Houston Song by Mike Cox
• The 8-F Crowd by Bob Bowman
• East Texas Savior of the French Wine Industry by Archie P. McDonalds
• Father Margil by Archie P. McDonald
• Fall of the Largest Tree by Bob Bowman
• Marie Cronin and the Bartlett Western Railroad by Clay Coppedge
• Mrs. Margaret Kinkaid by Archie P. McDonald
• Houston Ring by Mike Cox
• Texas Rangers and the Battle of Plum Creek by Murray Montgomery
• Man with a Method by Archie P. McDonald
  Littleton Fowler
• Old Time Judge by Archie McDonald
  Thomas Whitfield Davidson
• FDR and Nine Acres by Bob Bowman
  Tom Potter and FDR
• Sam Houston by Mike Cox
• Marie Hough Borden Vintage photos courtesy Ruben R. Hernandez
• A.M.Aikin, Jr. by Archie P. McDonald
• Norris Cuney by Archie P. McDonald
• Lady Doc by Mike Cox
  Dr. Sofie Herzog, first female surgeon in Texas
• George Louis Crocket by Archie P. McDonald
• Price Daniel by Archie P. McDonald
• Sam Houston's Will by Mike Cox
• Old Three Hundred by Archie P. McDonald
• William Thomas Scott
• William Pinckney Rose
• Rev. Jonas Franklin Dancer by Mike Cox
• George Campbell Childress by John Troesser
• Chief Executives by Archie P. McDonald
• Davis Bunting, his wife Martha Bowden Bunting, and family by Murray Montgomery
• A.P. and Marie Borden of Mackay, Texas
• Pass the Biscuits, Pappy by Bob Bowman
• Doris Miller: Hero by Archie P. McDonald
  African American hero of WWII
• Samuel Arthur Robertson by Mike Cox
• Twin Sisters by Mike Cox
• James Harper Starr by Archie P. McDonald
• Davy's Widow
  Elizabeth Patton Crockett
• Richard �Dick� Dowling Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
• The Air Ace by Bob Bowman
  Lance C. Wade, Royal Air Force of Britain, World War II
• Bet-A-Million Gates by Archie P. McDonald
  John Warne Gates - associated with three of Texas� most important items: barbed wire, railroads, and oil.
• Wiley Post - famous aviator Wiley Post
• William Gerald Tobin & Chili by Mike Cox
• LBJ and East Texas Politics by Archie P. McDonald
• John Henry Kirby by Archie P. McDonald
• Nice Politics by Mike Cox
• "Bigfoot" Wallace by Luke Warm
• Big Foot Wallace and the Indian by Mike Cox
• Buffalo Man by Mike Cox
• McDonald Observatory - An Orphan�s Gift by Bob Bowman
• Beauford Jester by Archie P. McDonald
  Governor of Texas
• General Hiram Bronson Granbury
• Albert Thomas by Archie P. McDonald
• Edward Mandell House - The House That House Built by Archie P. McDonald
• Governor by Chance - Edward Clark by Archie P. McDonald
• Miss Rita of Beaumont's Dixie Hotel by John Troesser
• �Godfather of Beaumont� by Fred B. McKinley
  Frank Yount and the Yount-Lee Oil Company
• Painter Harold Osman Kelly
• Donna by Mike Cox
• Three Bean Salad by John Troesser
  Tom Bean, Peter Ellis Bean and Judge Roy Bean
• Ela Hockaday More Than a School Omarm by Archie P. McDonald
• Pixilated in Port Arthur & Reincarnated in Luling: Alfred Stillwell and Edgar Davis by Luke Warm
• William Christy
• Mr. Ambassador by Archie P. McDonald
• Tragedy of Chief Bowles by Bob Bowman
• Norris Wright Cuney by Archie P. McDonald
• Characters by Bob Bowman
• Ten Things Your Should Know About Judge Roy Bean by John Troesser
• Ten More Things Your Should Know About Judge Roy Bean by John Troesser
• Kate by Mike Cox
  Catherine "Kate" Magill Dorman - a little known Texas heroine of the Civil War
• "Rajah of Swat" - Rogers Hornsby by Archie P. McDonald
• Richard Kimble and Almaron Dickinson, Heroic hat makers at the Alamo by Murray Montgomery
• The Short but Eventful Life of Adri�n J. Vidal 1840-1865 by Brewster Hudspeth
• The Volunteer Fire Departments of Sunray and Dumas
• Sarah by Mike Cox
  Sarah Creath McSherry Hibbens Stinnett Howard
• Air Pioneer by Bob Bowman
• The Last Hero - John G. Pickering by Bob Bowman
  John G. Pickering: the last surviving veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, lies in an almost forgotten cemetery in deep East Texas
• Robert Thomas Hill, "Dean of Texas Geology" (1858-1941) by Margaret Waring
• Temple Lea Houston: Son of Sam by John Troesser
• An informal history of Pierce, Texas: Containing barely related facts on neighboring towns in Wharton, Jackson and Victoria Counties. by Brewster Hudspeth
• Ten Things you should know about "Shanghai" Pierce. Beef - it's what's for dinner - again. by Brewster Hudspeth
• The Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings by John Troesser
• A Man to Count on in Big Spring by Brewster Hudspeth
• Thergood's Pine by Bob Bowman
  The story of a slave and the oldest pine tree in East Texas.
• The Starr Family Mansion by Archie McDonald
• A Journalist's Hero by Bob Bowman
• Lyne Taliaferro Barret by Archie P. McDonald
• The Crusty Old Baptist by Murray Montgomery
• East Texas' Mark Twain by Bob Bowman
• Allan Shivers by Archie P. McDonald
• Two Pilots, Three Air Forces, One Hometown: Lt. Col. Alvin Mueller & Lieutenant Dick Campbell by John Troesser
• Mister Ben by Bob Bowman
• James Stephen Hogg by Archie P. McDonald
• A Ranger's Ranger by Archie P. McDonald
• William Goyens by Archie P. McDonald
• Back Home in It-lee, Texas, USA by Jeanne Moseley
• The Fayetteville Photographer and His Sculptor Daughter : William and Waldine Tauch by John Troesser
• Ira Eaker: From Covered Wagon to Jet-Age Air Power, Four Stars by Bill Bradfield
• Edward C. Lasater & the Dairy Industry
• Dare Devil Rogers
• Samuel Bell Maxey by Nolan Maxie
• Frank Earl Kleppler
  Artist, 1890-1952
• F.S.Stockdale
  Last Governor of Confederate Texas
  Historical Markers:
• Don Carlos Barrett Centennial Marker
• The Killing of General J. J. Byrne
• William Carey Crane
• Mrs. Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly
• Bailey Inglish
• Elisha Everett Lott
• Friedrich Ernst
• John Friedrich Ernst, Jr.
• Samuel Rhoads Fisher
• Albert Sidney Johnston
• John Wesley Kenney
• George Lord
• Sophia Porter (Confederate Paul Revere)
• Emory Rains
• Sam Rayburn
• Asa Hill of Rutersville

"Laws" & Outlaws

• The Bullet that Killed John Wesley Hardin by Mike Cox

• Dangerous Al Jennings by Clay Coppedge

• The Death of Judge Roy Bean by Mike Cox

• Rube Burrow, Notorious Train Robber by Clay Coppedge

• The Horse Thief's Prayer by Mike Cox

• The Unsung Saloonkeeper by Clay Coppedge

• A poacher & two lawmen in the Thicket by Mike Cox

• Billy the Kid's Texas vacation by Clay Coppedge
  A few true facts, untrue facts, distortions, fictions and outright lies about Billy the Kid in Texas

• The Outlaw Johnny Ringo Rode the Hill Country by Michael Barr

• Charlie Hamby by Mike Cox

• The Davis Gang, the Memoirs of Gean Kearns by Vicki Welch Ayo
  Book review by Nikki Palomino

• Outlaw was crazy like a fox by Wanda Orton

• Bandit's bad baby brother by Wanda Orton

• Harris County judges by Wanda Orton

• Nora Boyd, JP
  Kent, Texas

• Texas vs New Mexico: The Nickname Bowl by Mike Cox
  Outlaws in Texas & New Mexico

• Texas Ranger Dan W. Roberts by Mike Cox

• An Unexpected Encounter With A Texas Bad Man by John Germann

• Soapy Smith by Clay Coppedge

• South Texas Justice by Dianne West Short

• Taking John Wesley Hardin's Advice by Mike Cox

• Leander H. McNelly and the Special Force by Jeffery Robenalt

• The Texas Frontier Battalion by Jeffery Robenalt

• Pat Garrett Clay Coppedge
  Because he killed Billy the Kid in New Mexico...

• Bullet Riddled Buddies by Clay Coppedge
  1930s-era gangsters.

• Sally Skull by Clay Coppedge
  Well-behaved women rarely make history

• The Ranger Formerly Known as Pidge by Clay Coppedge

• Who Killed Oliver Thornton? by C. F. Eckhardt

• John Wesley Hardin Slept Here by Mike Cox

• Ben Thompson's Tombstone by C. F. Eckhardt

• Lizzie Hay and the Demise of the Lone Highwayman by Mike Cox

• Was Oliver Partridge �Brushy Bill� Roberts really Billy the Kid?by C. F. Eckhardt

• The man who killed Lincoln by Bob Bowman

• Three-Legged Willie by Bob Bowman

• Harvey Hughes� Short Literary Career by Mike Cox

• Hardin�s East Texas Roots by Bob Bowman

• The short life of Sam Bass by Bob Bowman

• Lives of two Texas Rangers Lee Hall and John Barclay Armstrong by Murray Montgomery

• 'Tumbleweeds' took outlaws to prison by Delbert Trew

• Common Sense Justice in Marlin by Mike Cox

• Ida Lee by C. F. Eckhardt

• What Happened To Jesse Evans? by C. F. Eckhardt

• The Sheriff Posses by Bob Bowman

• �Law West Of The Pecos� by Murray Montgomery

• Smuggling Liquor by C. F. Eckhardt

• Remembering The Colonel by Bob Bowman
  Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr.

• Frontier justice followed crime increase by Delbert Trew

• Who was that Outlaw? by Linda Kirkpatrick
  The story of Vic Queen

• Roy Bean Before His Law West Of The Pecos Days by Lois Zook Wauson

• Joe Tonahill of Jasper by Bob Bowman
  When Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963, an East Texas lawyer soon found himself thrust into history.

• Did the Dalton boys ever visit Lavaca County by Murray Montgomer

• Pancho Villa by Clay Coppedg

• Lone Wolf by Mike Cox
  Long-time Ranger Captain Manual T. Gonzaullas

• Jean Laffite by Clay Coppedge

• Marshal Pitman by Mike Cox

• This Wild Bill Was No Hero by Murray Montgomery

• Dance Pistols by Clay Coppedge

• Judge Stories by Mike Cox

• Texas outlaw Sam Bass inspired tall tales by Murray Montgomery

• Jesse James in Texas by Bob Bowman

• Driving Around with Bonnie and Clyde by Robin Cole-Jett

• Garrett Murder by C. F. Eckhardt

• Bad Man Returns by Mike Cox
  Bill Johnson - One of Texas� lesser-known outlaws

• Bill Wharton by Mike Cox

• Hardin's Shotgun by Mike Cox

• Al Jennings by C. F. Eckhardt

• Bud Newman Gang by Mike Cox

• Bud Newman, part II by Mike Cox

• Cherokee Bill: Don't Get Him Mad by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Annie Rogers and the Bank Dick by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Captain William Coe lived criminal highlife by Delbert Trew

• Joaquin Murrieta, Robin Hood or Just Plain Hood? by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Luke Short, The Undertakers' Friend by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Jesse James. Miss Shirley�s Story by C. F. Eckhardt

• Is Jesse James really in that Missouri grave? by Murray Montgomery

• Fannie Porter of San Antonio by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Bosque Treasure by Mike Cox

• A Man Named Pink by Clay Coppedge

• B. F. (Frank) Payne, Texas Ranger by Linda-Kirkpatrick

• A.J. Sowell by Mike Cox

• Lottie Deno: Queen of the Paste Board Flippers by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Sarge Cummings Master of the Long Loop by Linda-Kirkpatrick

• Who Was J. Frank Dalton, Anyway? by C. F. Eckhardt

• Kinch West by Mike Cox

• The Life and Times of Whitey Walker by Clay Coppedge

• Belle Starr The Bandit Queen by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Sam Bass: The Not So Merry Bandit by Clay Coppedge

• The Demise of Bad Man Buckley by Murray Montgomery

• High Sheriff of Henderson County by Archie P. McDonald

• Texas Outlaw Kid Murray by Mike Cox

• The Life and Times of Big Bill Babb by Clay Coppedge

• Jack Cross Texas Killer by W. T. Block Jr.

• The Hardin Brothers by Bob Bowman

• Jesse James, Supposedly by Clay Coppedge

• Sheriff Kirk by Mike Cox

• Rustlers and Outlaws Were Common in Early Days by Murray Montgomery

• Katie Elder: Her True Story by Maggie Van Ostrand

• Rube Burrow - Stagecoach Holdup by Mike Cox

• Freeny Hanging by Mike Cox

• Outlaw with two faces by Bob Bowman

• Marshall "High Pockets" Bailey of West, Texas

• Courtroom Storytellers by Bob Bowman

• Pearl by Mike Cox

• "Over the Wall, The Men Behind the 1934 Death House Escape" by Patrick M. McConal (Book)

• Sheriff Fenton of Coleman County and His Larger Than Life Wife by John Troesser

• A Sheriff Named "Buckshot" by John Troesser

• Gentle Justice by Jeanne Moseley

• The Bank Robbery (Dalton Gang, 1894) by Bob Bowman

• "Tales of Bad Men, Bad Women, and Bad Places : Four Centuries of Texas Outlawry" by C.F. Eckhardt (Book)

• "The Texas Sheriff : Lord of the County Line" by Thad Sitton (Book)

• "Running with Bonnie and Clyde: The 10 Fast Years of Ralph Fults" by John Neal Phillips (Book)

• William Thomas "Billy" Cloyd, Sherill of Motley County November 1896 to November 1900

• Outlaws Benjamin Bickerstaff and Josiah Thompson Historical marker

Texans at War

• Victor Espinoza posthumously awarded Medal of Honor by Murray Montgomery 11-22-23
• The Brave Female Pilots of WWII by Murray Montgomery 1-6-23
• Lt. Earl Garrett - A Hero Who Never Came Home by Michael Barr 8-15-21
• Buck Simpson: Cedar Chopping World War One Hero by Mike Cox
  Texas' most heroic warrior, a man whose single-handed exploits rank equal to if not surpassing the famous Sergeant [Alvin] York.
• Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi. Edited by Deborah M. Liles and Angela Boswell. Review by Dr. Kirk Bane

Buffalo Soldiers by Jeffery Robenalt In nearly thirty years of dedicated and arduous service, Buffalo Soldiers won the grudging respect of even the most prejudiced of their white officers. The black cavalrymen and infantrymen were awarded nine Medals of Honor for meritorious valor in combat and countless other awards and commendations for distinguished service. More importantly, Buffalo Soldiers were a credit to the African-American race.

• Rev. Marcus Valenta achieves longest active-duty record in U.S. history by Murray Montgomery
• Lt. Braly of Brady, A Remembrance
• A Civil War Journal by Bob Bowman
  W.W. Heartsill managed to keep a diary of each day...
• Capt. J. D. Reed - The Story of a Cowboy by Linda Kirkpatrick
• Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War by Mel Brown
• The King's Texan and USS Texas by C. F. Eckhardt
  Archie Ludlow was in elementary school when, in 1910 to 1912, the two newest battleships for the US Navy�the Texas Class, USS Texas and USS New York�were under construction. Money was tight for building battleships...
• Private David Bennes Barkley
  One of three Texans awarded the Congessional Medal of Honor in WWI
• Lanky and the POWs by Clay Coppedge
  Mildred "Lanky" Lancaster
• High Over Houston, Captain A. J. High: A Positive Altitude by John Troesser
• The Whirlwind Lt. John Lapham Bullis and the Seminole Negro Scouts by C. F. Eckhardt
• Fairmount Cemetery by Bob Bowman
  Edward Smith and the Battle of Sabine Pass, and Thomas B. Anthony
• Flying Tigers by Archie P. McDonald
  Claire Lee Chennault
• Bold CSA Vet Thomas Evans Riddle, & Man o� War by Mike Cox
• Patriots by Mike Cox
  "The American Revolution lasted seven years, affording plenty of men the opportunity to go down in history as patriots. [Some] ended up in Texas...."
• Doris Miller: Hero by Archie P. McDonald
  African American hero of WWII
• A Soldier's Story by Bob Bowman
  Milton Irish, one of only 28 survivors of the Goliad massacre.
• Richard �Dick� Dowling Edward T. Cotham, Jr.
• The Air Ace by Bob Bowman
  Lance C. Wade, Royal Air Force of Britain, World War II
• Macario Garc�a, Veteran of D-Day by Murray Montgomery
• August Carl Weiss by Mike Cox
  During the Civil War not every Southern soldier served in the Confederate army because he believed in slavery or hated Yankees. Some shouldered arms only because they had to...
• Alfonso (Alphonso) Steele - last Texas survivor of the battle of San Jacinto
• Alfonso Steele - Limestone County Roadside Park in Memory of Alfonso Steele, Last Survivor of Battle of San Jacinto, First Settler of Limestone County
• From Cost, Texas to Normandy Beach - A World War II hero. by Murray Montgomery
• Where are you Benny Goodenberger? by Perry Peary
  In May of 1942, Mark Davis was on the SS Virginia coming out of New Orleans when a German submarine, the U-507 torpedoed the ship...
• Tejano Hero Norberto Sierra
• Texas Women in World War II by Cindy Weigand
  NURSES, WACS, WAVES, and SPARS, Uniformed Women of "The Greatest Generation"
• WACs by Archie P. McDonald
  Women's Army Corps
• Berlin Wall Crisis 1961-1962 by Bruce Martin
• General Ranald Slidell MacKenzie - Sculpture and marker
• The Killing of General J. J. Byrne - Historical Marker
• Captain William Ware Centennial marker
• (King Ranch) - Civil War Raid from Camp Boveda Historical Marker

Texas Explorers, Pioneers, Settlers & Native Americans

• You Will Do by Mike Cox
  The Republic of Texas enjoyed diversity even before it was called diversity. Still, not everyone was welcomed with opened arms.
• Randolph Marcy Got Around by Clay Coppedge
• Philip Nolan and All the Pretty Horses by Clay Coppedge
• Philip Nolan by Archie P. McDonald, PhD.
• Peter Ellis Bean by Archie P. McDonald, PhD.
• The Tragedy of Rance Moore by Mike Cox
• Leigh Dyer and the T Anchor Ranch by Clay Coppedge
• The Rogstads of Bosque County Mike Cox
• Bess Kennedy the lady lion hunter by Mike Cox
• Alcalde, not alcade by Wanda Orton
  Irish immigrant and early Texas pioneer Humphrey Jackson
• Man and wife without a country by Wanda Orton
• The Night Smoky's Hair Turned White by Mike Cox
• Meusebach's Nursery in Loyal Valley by Michael Barr
• A Swedish family in Texas by Mike Cox
• Uncle Dick's Toll Road by Clay Coppedge
• Nearly forgotten Big Bend Legend by Mike Cox
• Chief Bead Eye by Mike Cox
• Hard Times on the Medina by Mike Cox
• Brushy Mound
• The Altgelts of Comfort, San Antonio (and Argentina)
  Ernst Hermann Altgelt
• Cabeza de Vaca, M.D. by Mike Cox
• Gentlemen's Agreement by Mike Cox
  Dutch Henry and Charles Goodnight
• The Bone Wars Clay Coppedge
• Albert Pike in Comancheria by Clay Coppedge
• A Snakebitten Legacy by Clay Coppedge
• The Forgotten Indian Traveler by Mike Cox

	Melungeon-Texans by John Troesser "The name has been said to be a corruption of French for ..." The Osburn Saga by Caroll Osburn Zerkle Melungeons in Wizard Wells

• "Swedish Texans" by Dr. Larry Scott
• Rev. John August Tubbe by W. T. Block Jr.
  In 1845 the gates opened widely for a flood of German immigration to Texas. Thousands of them arrived on the raw, Indian-infested frontier, and hundreds of them died en route...
• Tulip Transplants To East Texas The Dutch Migration To Nederland, Texas, 1895-1915 by W. T. Block Jr.
  To the East Texas of 1900, whose non-native population can be delineated as the overflow of the Anglo-Saxon Lower South, a Dutch colonization scheme must have appeared somewhat phenomenal...
• Strap Buckner: The Tallest of Tall Texas Tales by Maggie Van Ostrand
• Samuel Everitt Rogers' Grave
  Killed and scalped by Comanche Indians on May 03, 1863, in Carlton, Texas.
• The Life of Martin William �Gobbler� Jones
  Founder of Angelina County�s Jonesville
• Henry Clay Smith
  Historical Markers
• Alonso de Leon Expeditions - Marker
• Indian Burial Ground (Dietz Archeological Site) - Historical Marker
• "First Czech Immigrants in Texas" - Historical Marker
• Chinese Farmers in Calvert - Historical Marker
• Englishmen in South Texas, 1568
• German Freidenker (Freethinkers) historical marker
• German Immigrants in Comfort - "Treue der Union" Monument
• James Rowe Grave Marker
• Doak Good by Clay Coppedge
• John Wesley Kenney - Historical Marker
• Alsatians of Texas - Historical Marker
• Joseph Bird - Historical Markers
• John Durst
  Centennial Marker. Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution
• Henri Castro - Historical Marker
• Pioneer Settlers of Coltharp Historical Marker
• Carl Joseph and Augusta Beseler of Welfare, Texas - Historical Marker
• Christian Columbus Slaughter - Historical Marker
• Francis Wilson - Historical Marker
• Isham Jones Good - Historical Marker
• Thomas Ruckman - Historical Marker
  Founding father of Karnes County
• Pioneer Coalsons - Historical Marker
• Polish Settlers of White Deer - Historical Marker
• Seminole Scout Camp in Fort Clark - Historical Marker
• Stephen Alexander McBride - Historical Marker
• Samuel Cartmill Hiroms - historical marker
• Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Williams (Trickham, Coleman County) Historical Marker
  History Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
• Poisoned Coffee
• Indian Reservation created in Texas

Characters / Local Personalities

	Sheepherder Ciano Val Verde Marschall by Michael Barr 12-15-23 Checking In With John Ostrow by Michael Barr 5-29-22

	Freedom for Millie Tinker by Michael Barr 3-16-22

	Peter Berg Hermit of the Hills by Michael Barr The story of Peter Berg and his sweetheart ranks right up there with Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra and Brad and Jenn on the list of the most timeless and tragic love stories ever told.

	My Father Zola Baseball, Love and a Love of Baseball A serialization of the writings of George Olsson Short (1920-2003) Chapter One

• Hot Air Verses by Mike Cox
• A Lion and a Boy by Mike Cox
• Dying Doctor Bequeaths a Library by Mike Cox
• Hughes Who in Oil Field by Wanda Orton
• Ashbel Smith's Foster Daughter by Wanda Orton
• The Oilman and the Sea by Clay Coppedge
• Slave Ada Stone by Murray Montgomery
• Tex Thornton: King of the oilfield firefighters and rainmaker by Clay Coppedge
• Washington�s East Texas Cousin by Bob Bowman
• Retired Seed Company Exec Remembers Mentor by Wanda Orton
• William F. Drannan told it like it wasn�t by Clay Coppedge
• The Pitchfork Kid by Mike Cox
• �The Great Western� by Clay Coppedge
• Royalty for a Day by Mike Cox
• "A River, A Town, and Memories" by Murray Montgomery
• "Rangering" in Hamilton County by Mike Cox
• Bone Haulers Clay Coppedge
• An East Texas Psychic by Robert G. Cowser
• Schulenburg Preacher Honored as Bike Bug Brother of 2011 � Building A Church
• Lizzie Crosson had true grit by Mike Cox
• The Wonderful Boy by Mike Cox
• Remembering two doctors by Bob Bowman
• Is Quantrill buried in East Texas? by Bob Bowman
• Wild Bill the Driller by Mike Cox
• Post War Slaton - A Migrant Family's Story by James Villanueva
• Texas Pete
• A Hero Named Tom by C. F. Eckhardt
• The Murder of Dr. Sam Houston Adams; Slaton, Texas, 1930s by James Villanueva
• Selling Out in Austin and Thinking Inside the Box by Luke Warm
• Remembrance of Things Fried: Mr. Shipley and Mrs. Hurley by Ken Rudine
• Slats Rodgers by Clay Coppedge
• The First Millionaire by Bob Bowman
• Jerry and Shirley Chovanec of Fayetteville, Texas
• Fritch by Mike Cox
• Remembering Eliza by Bob Bowman
• The Twirler by Bob Bowman
• Making history by Bob Bowman
• Joe Pruno by Mike Cox
• Pecos High Bridge & the Pecos River Queen by Mike Cox
• Elmo Johnson by Mike Cox
• The Bravest Man by Bob Bowman
• Pansy by Mike Cox
• 100-year-old Aggie by Bob Bowman
• The Hermit in the Dugout by Mike Cox
• Belle Christmas by Mike Cox
• Bill Stein: a Bibliophile�s Bibliophile
• The story of Emil Kreklau's self-propelled fan by Murray Montgomery
• Monumental Texas: The Stolz Name Is Written In Stone by H.H.Howze
• Mr. Goss and Belmont�s Goss Barbeque
• Former slave recalls memories of old Lavaca County by Murray Montgomery
• Lavaca County pioneer from the beginning of Hallettsville by Murray Montgomery
• The life and times of F.W. Neuhaus by Murray Montgomery
• Here a Pig, There a Pig - Third and Final Event of the Pig Trilogy by Linda-Kirkpatrick
• The �Indian� bootlegger by Bob Bowman
• In Remembrance of Gregory James Krauter by Gael Montana
• Carr Boys by Mike Cox
• Jim Swink comes home by Bob Bowman
• Bura Handley by Phil Handley
• Capt. William E. Rogers: Beaumont Steamboatman by W. T. Block Jr.
• A Sturdy Pioneer by Bob Bowman
• Armless Judge by Mike Cox
• Pistol-packing Preacher by Bob Bowman
• A Centenarian's Life by Bob Bowman
• The Love Boys by Bob Bowman
• He Done Her Wrong: The Sad Case of Mrs. Harriet Moore Page Potter Ames by Archie P. McDonald
• Lucius Seneca Hine, M.D.
• The Big Thicket Bear Hunters Club of Kountze by W. T. Block Jr.
• A True Texas Woman by Murray Montgomery
• Judge Leonard W. Scott of Caldwell County
• Former slave's death in 1889 attracted rare news coverageby W. T. Block
• A Personal Hero by Bob Bowman
• Memories of Uncle Bob and a Wooden Box by Delores Miles
• Plains Pioneer by Mike Cox
• Three Tragedies by Bob Bowman
• Sam Banty by George Lester
• Legacy of an Oldtimer by Bob Bowman
• Fairy Fort
• Clyde Burns of Huntsville, Texas Forty Years in the Water Tower Business or Does the Ladder of Success Have to be this High? by Edward Aquifer. Photos courtesy of Clyde Burns
• The Man From Nickel: Leslie Jones Askey by Murray Montgomery
• Looking for Grandfather in Port Arthur
• A Cowboy Nicknamed Whiskey by Mike Cox
• Richard Gaertner's Story by Murray Montgomery
• Mary, Mary, Once of Perry by Toney Urban
• Thomas Bone and The Most Famous Bathtub in Coryell County by Clay Coppedge
• The Old Fiddler by Bob Bowman
• Renaissance Man of Buckholts by Clay Coppedge
• "The Last of the True Road Hands" The Bob Mohel Saga by John Troesser
• Phillip Sawyer of Austwell
• Louis Polansky of Fayetteville, Texas
• The Bootblack King by Bob Bowman
• "Eloise" in Texas
• The Grandfalls Goat Parade
• Dan Martinets, The Lone Granger. When we say Granger has Character, 90% of it is Saint Dan.
• Tuffy the East Texas Chow by John Troesser
• The Palestine Beachcomber: Jacel by Sandy Fiedler
• The Weimar Goatherd by Norman Conquest
• "Bones" An East Texan in the Hill Country by John Troesser
• Easy to be Hard - Milton Schiller, Brick Detective by Norman Conquest
• Pansy the Librarian
• Remembering Uncle Jay Ransom by N. Ray Maxie
• Solid Citizens of Gonzales: Gerhard and Rosina Behlen by Norman Conquest
• Lucas McCain : Frontier Single Parent Role Model? or Sociopathic Killer? by John Troesser
• Primadonna's Birthday
• Belle the Cow
• Dr. Nicholas T. Schilling of Anahuac, Texas - Historical Marker
• Mrs. John L. Morris (Marjorie) - Historical Marker

Philanthropists

Cartoons

By Roger Todd Moore

• Defeated governor refuses to vacate office 6-8-22
• May 19, 1836, Comanche Indians kidnap Cynthia Ann Parker 4-27-22
• Gov. Jim Ferguson impeached
• Jack Kilby designs silicon chip
• Silly State Statute
• Governor James Henderson
• 400 lb. Governor
• Horton Foote won an Academy Award
• Native Texan
• Gunslinger Doc Holliday was a Dentist
• 1948 - Bootlegger Ran for Sheriff
• 1935: Steve Latham
• Slugger Clark hit 8 straight homers
• Spanish Explorers and Jumani indians
• March 29, 1901: $50 a month pay for Texas Rangers
• March 3, 1836: Sam Houston named commander in chief
• World Champion Trick Roper
• Bill Pickett Bulldogging
• Nov. 12, 1839 - Alabama-Coushatta Indians
• Nov. 6, 1528 - Cabeza de Vaca Shipwrecked
• Texas Law on Concealed Pliers
• Mar 9, 1731: Canary Islanders arrived
• NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Layne
• Scamming West Texas Farmers
• Johnny Ringo
• John Lomax "Cowboy Songs"
• Jan. 7, 1858 - Anson Jones
• James J. Johnson setting record
• Six settlers held off 100 Indians
• Slugger Clark Hits 8 Straight Homers
• Space Walk
• Bill Pickett
• Militia whipped by Kickapoo Indians
• Karankawa Indians, 1600's
• First Woman Elected
• Texas Longhorn baseball Coach Bib Falk
• Sam Houston's Height
• Waylon Jennings
• Ladies' National Fencing Championship
• Camp Cook
• Honorary Chief
• Immigrants to Texas, 1830
• First woman dentist
• James Swann
• Ma Ferguson

Obituaries