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Samuel Maverick
In 1835 Samuel Maverick moved to the San Antonio, Texas area, and started practicing law. He was even one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. As the story goes, a neighbor owed him $1,200. With no ready cash, the neighbor offered to pay him in cattle. So, reluctantly Samuel agreed to take […]
Clay Allison – Old West Psychopath
Clay Allison can be truly called a psychopath. At the height of the Civil War when the Confederate Army was drafting into service anyone who could hold a rifle, Clay was released on a medical discharge because he was maniacal. Ending up in Cimarron, New Mexico in 1870 Clay and some other […]
William Johnson and an Old West “Romeo and Juliet”
Born and raised in Ohio, when the Civil War broke out, William Johnson became a Captain on the Confederate side. Following the Civil War, he mustered out in Texas. Deciding to do some ranching in New Mexico, Johnson picked up a small herd of cattle in Texas and drove them up […]
Billy Wilson and Pat Garrett
During the Old West men changed names so freely that sometimes there’s confusion as to their real ones, and their aliases. Some say the subject of today’s story’s real name was Billy Wilson; others David Anderson. In reality, what a man calls himself isn’t important; it’s what he does while using that name. Under the name of Billy […]
Old West Book Review: Cowboy’s Lament, A Life on the Open Range
Cowboy’s Lament, A Life on the Open Range, Frank Maynard, Texas Tech University Press, www.ttuDress.org, $29.95, Cloth. Maps, Photos, Bibliography, Index. Foreword by David Stanley, professor emeritus of English, Westminster College, Salt Lake City. The Introduction to the book is a biography of the life and times of Frank Maynard, written by Jim Hoy, director […]
