Early Settlers of the Panhandle Plains
The panhandle plains were Texas's last frontier, barren lands populated by hostile Comanche and outlaws attempting to outrun civilization. It was Texas Ranger and frontier scout Jim Jackson who first saw potential in the region. Jackson accompanied Col. Ranald Mackenzie into unsettled Kent County in 1875. He climbed a mountain at Polar to witness a sea of tall grass and a good stream of water. This was good news for Jackson's friends and relatives in Coleman County. Many chose to leave the crowded range and move their cattle herds west. Those who answered the call of the wild were Elkins, Mann, Brown, Overall, Sharp, Wallace, and a host of ot…
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Weitere Autoren: Bellian, Sarah
- ISBN: 978-1-5316-7544-8
- EAN: 9781531675448
- Produktnummer: 20236969
- Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 130 S.
- Masse: H25.0 cm x B17.5 cm x D1.1 cm 419 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 419
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Norman Wayne Brown is co-author of A Lawless Breed, John Wesley Hardin, Texas Reconstruction, and Violence in the Wild West. Norman has written six books and numerous magazine articles. He writes for True West magazine, Tombstone Epitaph, and Journal of Wild West History Association. He is retired from the Air Force and is a disabled veteran. His second career was with the Texas state parole board and upon retirement, he started writing about Texas and the old west. He resides near Justiceburg, Texas, with his wife Bettie and pets.
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