Author: Rick Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.
Sam Bass & Gang
Author: Rick Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The legendary Sam Bass refused to give up his companions to the trailing lawmen. In 1878, the chase ended with the famous gunfight on the streets of Round Rock, Texas.
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881
Author: James B. Gillett
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The author recounts his six years of service with the Texas Rangers, describing such events as the Mason County War, the capture of Sam Bass, and the pursuit of Chief Victorio's Apaches.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The author recounts his six years of service with the Texas Rangers, describing such events as the Mason County War, the capture of Sam Bass, and the pursuit of Chief Victorio's Apaches.
The Denton Mare
Author: Duane Demello
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436304153
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Set in the Old West in the 1870s, The Denton Mare is about the fabled Texan outlaw Sam Bass. Sam led a colorful and exciting life, the stuff legends are made of. He held a daring train robbery in 1877 and stayed one step ahead of the law until, betrayed by one of his gang, it finally caught up with him.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436304153
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Set in the Old West in the 1870s, The Denton Mare is about the fabled Texan outlaw Sam Bass. Sam led a colorful and exciting life, the stuff legends are made of. He held a daring train robbery in 1877 and stayed one step ahead of the law until, betrayed by one of his gang, it finally caught up with him.
Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881
Author: Rick Miller
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574414674
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
For the first time, author Rick Miller presents the story of the Frontier Battalion as seen through the eyes of its commander, John B. Jones, during his administration from 1874 to 1881, relating its history?both good and bad?chronologically, in depth, and in context. Highlighted are repeated budget and funding problems, developing standards of conduct, personalities and their interaction, mission focus and strategies against Indian war parties and outlaws, and coping with politics and bureaucracy. Miller covers all the major activities of the Battalion in the field that created and ultimately enhanced the legend of the Texas Rangers. Jones?s personal life is revealed, as well as his role in shaping the policies and activities of the Frontier Battalion.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574414674
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
For the first time, author Rick Miller presents the story of the Frontier Battalion as seen through the eyes of its commander, John B. Jones, during his administration from 1874 to 1881, relating its history?both good and bad?chronologically, in depth, and in context. Highlighted are repeated budget and funding problems, developing standards of conduct, personalities and their interaction, mission focus and strategies against Indian war parties and outlaws, and coping with politics and bureaucracy. Miller covers all the major activities of the Battalion in the field that created and ultimately enhanced the legend of the Texas Rangers. Jones?s personal life is revealed, as well as his role in shaping the policies and activities of the Frontier Battalion.
Bloody Bill Longley
Author: Rick Miller
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter. In truth, Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413058
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter. In truth, Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint.
Fugitives from Justice
Author: James B. Gillett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880510384
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The notebook of Texas Ranger Sergeant James B. Gillett.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781880510384
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The notebook of Texas Ranger Sergeant James B. Gillett.
Lost Fort Worth
Author: Mike Nichols
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625847122
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters, one flamboyant preacher, one serial killer and one very short subway carrying passengers back in time to discover more of Fort Worth. Author Mike Nichols presents a colorful history tour from the North Side to the South Side's Battle of Buttermilk Junction.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625847122
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
From the humble beginnings of a frontier army camp, Fort Worth transformed into a city as cattle drives, railroads, oil and national defense drove its economy. During the tremendous growth, the landscape and cultural imprint of the city changed drastically, and much of Cowtown was lost to history. Witness the birth of western swing music and the death of a cloud dancer. See mansions of the well-heeled and saloons of the well-armed. Meet two gunfighters, one flamboyant preacher, one serial killer and one very short subway carrying passengers back in time to discover more of Fort Worth. Author Mike Nichols presents a colorful history tour from the North Side to the South Side's Battle of Buttermilk Junction.
The Tenderfoot Bandits
Author: Paula Rippy Reed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Man-Hunters of the Old West
Author: Robert K. DeArment
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enforcers of the law known as man-hunters undertook the search for fugitives. These pursuers have often been portrayed as ruthless bounty hunters, no better than the felons they pursued. Robert K. DeArment’s detailed account of their careers redeems their reputations and reveals the truth behind their fascinating legends. As DeArment shows, man-hunters were far more likely to capture felons alive than their popular image suggests. Although “Wanted: Dead or Alive” reward notices were posted during this period, they were reserved for the most murderous desperadoes. Man-hunters also came from a variety of backgrounds in the East and the West: of the eight men whose stories DeArment tells, one began as an officer for an express company, and another was the head of an organization of local lawmen. Others included a railroad detective, a Texas Ranger, a Pinkerton operative, and a shotgun messenger for a stagecoach line. All were tough survivors, living through gunshot wounds, snakebites, disease, buffalo stampedes, and every other hazard of life in the Wild West. They also crossed paths with famous criminals and sheriffs, from John Wesley Hardin and Sam Bass to Wyatt Earp, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid. Telling the true stories of famous men who risked their lives to bring western outlaws to justice, Man-Hunters of the Old West dispels long-held myths of their cold-blooded vigilantism and brings fresh nuance to the lives and legends that made the West wild.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806158093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enforcers of the law known as man-hunters undertook the search for fugitives. These pursuers have often been portrayed as ruthless bounty hunters, no better than the felons they pursued. Robert K. DeArment’s detailed account of their careers redeems their reputations and reveals the truth behind their fascinating legends. As DeArment shows, man-hunters were far more likely to capture felons alive than their popular image suggests. Although “Wanted: Dead or Alive” reward notices were posted during this period, they were reserved for the most murderous desperadoes. Man-hunters also came from a variety of backgrounds in the East and the West: of the eight men whose stories DeArment tells, one began as an officer for an express company, and another was the head of an organization of local lawmen. Others included a railroad detective, a Texas Ranger, a Pinkerton operative, and a shotgun messenger for a stagecoach line. All were tough survivors, living through gunshot wounds, snakebites, disease, buffalo stampedes, and every other hazard of life in the Wild West. They also crossed paths with famous criminals and sheriffs, from John Wesley Hardin and Sam Bass to Wyatt Earp, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid. Telling the true stories of famous men who risked their lives to bring western outlaws to justice, Man-Hunters of the Old West dispels long-held myths of their cold-blooded vigilantism and brings fresh nuance to the lives and legends that made the West wild.
Under Cover for Wells Fargo
Author: Fred Dodge
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806131061
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
These are the remarkable memoirs of Fred Dodge (1854-1938), Wells Fargo secret agent for fifty years, friend of Wyatt Earp, and fast man with a gun. Here are dozens of his cases--stage robberies, train holdups, long pursuits through the badlands, even suits against Wells Fargo for "delay to a corpse" and the bite of a vicious horse. In Under Cover for Wells Fargo his "unvarnished recollections" are preserved and carefully edited by Carolyn Lake, who discovered Dodge’s journals among Stuart N. Lake’s papers, awaiting a biography that was never written. Fred Dodge was a dead ringer for Morgan Earp, and this led to his early acquaintance with the famous brothers. In those days Dodge was posing as a gambler, and even Wyatt did not know that he was a Wells Fargo agent. Dodge sheds much light on the Earps in Tombstone and on how he teamed up with Heck Thomas to hunt down outlaws in Kansas and Oklahoma, including Bill Doolin’s gang and the Dalton brothers.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806131061
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
These are the remarkable memoirs of Fred Dodge (1854-1938), Wells Fargo secret agent for fifty years, friend of Wyatt Earp, and fast man with a gun. Here are dozens of his cases--stage robberies, train holdups, long pursuits through the badlands, even suits against Wells Fargo for "delay to a corpse" and the bite of a vicious horse. In Under Cover for Wells Fargo his "unvarnished recollections" are preserved and carefully edited by Carolyn Lake, who discovered Dodge’s journals among Stuart N. Lake’s papers, awaiting a biography that was never written. Fred Dodge was a dead ringer for Morgan Earp, and this led to his early acquaintance with the famous brothers. In those days Dodge was posing as a gambler, and even Wyatt did not know that he was a Wells Fargo agent. Dodge sheds much light on the Earps in Tombstone and on how he teamed up with Heck Thomas to hunt down outlaws in Kansas and Oklahoma, including Bill Doolin’s gang and the Dalton brothers.