Author: Texas. Travel and Information Division
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Category : Judge Roy Bean Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Judge Roy Bean
Author: Texas. Travel and Information Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judge Roy Bean Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judge Roy Bean Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Roy Bean
Author: C. L. Sonnichsen
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123917
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (1825-1903), self-styled “Law West of the Pecos,” was an eccentric American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas. Southwestern historian and folklorist, C. L. Sonnichsen, lived near Judge Bean’s house for several years and decided to pen this biography, first published in 1943, owing to his belief that it was “high time for somebody to look into his history and see how a Roy Bean ever came to be at all.” Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos examines Judge Bean’s legendary, as well as factual background and makes for a fascinating read.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123917
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (1825-1903), self-styled “Law West of the Pecos,” was an eccentric American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas. Southwestern historian and folklorist, C. L. Sonnichsen, lived near Judge Bean’s house for several years and decided to pen this biography, first published in 1943, owing to his belief that it was “high time for somebody to look into his history and see how a Roy Bean ever came to be at all.” Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos examines Judge Bean’s legendary, as well as factual background and makes for a fascinating read.
Judge Roy Bean, Law West of the Pecos
Author: Texas. Travel and Information Division
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Category : Langtry (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Langtry (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Roy Bean
Author: Charles Leland Sonnichsen
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Category : Bean, Roy
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Traces the life and adventures of one of the most famous law men in frontier West Texas.
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Category : Bean, Roy
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Traces the life and adventures of one of the most famous law men in frontier West Texas.
Judge Roy Bean: Law West of the Pecos
Author: C. L. Sonnichsen
Publisher: Mockingbird Books
ISBN: 9781932801354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Roy Bean was one of the most colorful characters to inhabit the state of Texas, and he chose one of the state's most Godforsaken places as his personal dominion-the empty, dusty plains west of the Pecos River's junction with the Rio Grande, out near... well, not really near anyplace to speak of. Sandwiched between the banks of the Rio Grande and the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Bean's corner of the world began as a rough railroad camp and went downhill from there. Bean named his town Langtry, after the famous and beautiful English entertainer Miss Lily Langtry. Adopting her popular nickname, he dubbed his notorious saloon and pool hall the Jersey Lilly (spelling was not Bean's greatest strength). The tales of his escapades are countless; Sonnichsen surely had to choose only the best to include in his book. Whether Bean was chaining a drunk to a half-tamed bear or claiming that the Jersey Lilly had a policy against making change (what you proffered, he kept), Roy Bean cut a wide swath through Texas folklore. It was his status as judge-or justice of the peace, to be more precise-that brought the greatest glory to Roy Bean. Should a bar patron complain of the no-change policy, Judge Roy Bean would announce himself the Law West of the Pecos and would fine the complainer, said fine being in the exact amount of the change claimed. And that was only the beginning. The stories go on and on; the reader will find dozens in the pages of this classic book.
Publisher: Mockingbird Books
ISBN: 9781932801354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Roy Bean was one of the most colorful characters to inhabit the state of Texas, and he chose one of the state's most Godforsaken places as his personal dominion-the empty, dusty plains west of the Pecos River's junction with the Rio Grande, out near... well, not really near anyplace to speak of. Sandwiched between the banks of the Rio Grande and the Sunset Route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Bean's corner of the world began as a rough railroad camp and went downhill from there. Bean named his town Langtry, after the famous and beautiful English entertainer Miss Lily Langtry. Adopting her popular nickname, he dubbed his notorious saloon and pool hall the Jersey Lilly (spelling was not Bean's greatest strength). The tales of his escapades are countless; Sonnichsen surely had to choose only the best to include in his book. Whether Bean was chaining a drunk to a half-tamed bear or claiming that the Jersey Lilly had a policy against making change (what you proffered, he kept), Roy Bean cut a wide swath through Texas folklore. It was his status as judge-or justice of the peace, to be more precise-that brought the greatest glory to Roy Bean. Should a bar patron complain of the no-change policy, Judge Roy Bean would announce himself the Law West of the Pecos and would fine the complainer, said fine being in the exact amount of the change claimed. And that was only the beginning. The stories go on and on; the reader will find dozens in the pages of this classic book.
Judge Roy Bean
Author: Texas. Travel and Information Division
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Category : Judge Roy Bean Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Category : Judge Roy Bean Historic Site (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Judge Roy Bean Country
Author: Jack Skiles
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896723696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A lively account of a harsh but beautiful landscape and the characters who have inhabited it. Learn the truth about Judge Roy Bean and a few other heroes and rogues.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896723696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A lively account of a harsh but beautiful landscape and the characters who have inhabited it. Learn the truth about Judge Roy Bean and a few other heroes and rogues.
A Story of Judge Roy Bean
Author: Sue Mildred Johnston
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
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Law West of the Pecos
Author: Everett Lloyd
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Ten little fish swim through the ocean, each finding a different reason to leave until only one remains.
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Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Ten little fish swim through the ocean, each finding a different reason to leave until only one remains.
The Saga of Judge Roy Bean
Author: Ruel McDaniel
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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