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Old West Book Review: Riding For The Brand
Riding For The Brand. Author, rancher, researcher and historian, Michael Pettit is a Cowden family descendant who chronicles his sentimental journey about trailing his family history in this book. His ancestors began migrating toward Texas in the 1850s, seeking land and opportunities in a country where few white settlers had gone before them. From place […]
Old West Book Review: Myth, Memory and Massacre The Pearl River Capture of Cynthia Ann Parker
Students of Texas history are familiar with the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, the nine-year-old white girl taken captive by Comanches, May 19, 1836. For the next 24 years, Cynthia Ann lived with her Comanche captors, bore at least four children and somehow survived the rigors of life among the Indians until her rescue in […]
They Had Three Shootouts!
At the ripe old age of sixteen, Texan Bud Frazer joined the Texas Rangers. Ten years later he was elected the sheriff of Reeves County. One of his deputies was a man named Jim Miller. Miller is considered by some historians to be the deadliest gunman of the Old West. He was a dapper little […]
The Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny
Two speeches, each delivered on December 2, that happened to be 22 years apart, resulted in affecting the development of the west more than any other single action during the 1800’s. On December 2, 1823, during his seventh speech before Congress, President James Monroe introduced the concept that, for reasons of national security, all European […]
Old West Book Review: Captain John R. Hughes
The true story of Texas Ranger Captain John R. Hughes is another splendid work of author Chuck Parsons who specializes in writing about the life and times of various outlaws and lawmen. His non-fiction books are fast-paced, exciting Old West adventures. This one begins with the early history of John R. Hughes’ ancestors with examination […]
