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Captain Jack Helm

Chuck Parsons
Captain Jack Helm Book PDF

Author : Chuck Parsons
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574417265

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Captain Jack Helm by Chuck Parsons Pdf

In Captain Jack Helm, Chuck Parsons explores the life of John Jackson “Jack” Helm, whose main claim to fame has been that he was a victim of man-killer John Wesley Hardin. That he was, but he was much more in his violence-filled lifetime during Reconstruction Texas. First as a deputy sheriff, then county sheriff, and finally captain of the notorious Texas State Police, he developed a reputation as a violent and ruthless man-hunter. He arrested many suspected lawbreakers, but often his prisoner was killed before reaching a jail for “attempting to escape.” This horrific tendency ultimately brought about his downfall. Helm’s aggressive enforcement of his version of “law and order” resulted in a deadly confrontation with two of his enemies in the midst of the Sutton-Taylor Feud. “Captain Jack Helm is more than a fine gunfighter biography: it is a vivid statement about the murderous violence of Reconstruction in Texas.”—Bill O’Neal, State Historian of Texas

Texas Lawmen, 1835-1899

Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord
Texas Lawmen 1835 1899 Book PDF

Author : Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781614236337

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Texas Lawmen, 1835-1899 by Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord Pdf

The tally of Texas lawmen killed during the state’s first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parker’s Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff ’s deputy Floyd Coberly, murdered by an inmate in 1897 after ten days on the job, this collection accounts for all of those unsung heroes. Not merely an attempt to retell a dozen popular peace officer legends, Texas Lawmen, 1835–1899 represents thousands of hours of research conducted over more than a decade. Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell have carefully assembled a unique and engaging chronicle of Texas history.

The Governor's Hounds

Barry A. Crouch,Donaly E. Brice
The Governor s Hounds Book PDF

Author : Barry A. Crouch,Donaly E. Brice
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292742475

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The Governor's Hounds by Barry A. Crouch,Donaly E. Brice Pdf

In the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness. During its three years (1870–1873) of existence, however, the Texas State Police was reviled as an arm of the Radical Republican party and widely condemned for being oppressive, arrogant, staffed with criminals and African Americans, and expensive to maintain, as well as for enforcing the new and unpopular laws that protected the rights of freed slaves. Drawing extensively on the wealth of previously untouched records in the Texas State Archives, as well as other contemporary sources, Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice here offer the first major objective assessment of the Texas State Police and its role in maintaining law and order in Reconstruction Texas. Examining the activities of the force throughout its tenure and across the state, the authors find that the Texas State Police actually did much to solve the problem of violence in a largely lawless state. While acknowledging that much of the criticism the agency received was merited, the authors make a convincing case that the state police performed many of the same duties that the Texas Rangers later assumed and fulfilled the same need for a mobile, statewide law enforcement agency.

Bad Blood

Col. Robert Barr Smith
Bad Blood Book PDF

Author : Col. Robert Barr Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493015498

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Bad Blood by Col. Robert Barr Smith Pdf

?Nefarious gangs made up of families are famous in the Old West—the James Brothers, the Dalton Gang. This book includes the well known and the more obscure gangs connected through blood ties.

The Feud That Wasn’t

James M. Smallwood
The Feud That Wasn t Book PDF

Author : James M. Smallwood
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1603440178

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The Feud That Wasn’t by James M. Smallwood Pdf

Marauding outlaws, or violent rebels still bent on fighting the Civil War? For decades, the so-called “Taylor-Sutton feud” has been seen as a bloody vendetta between two opposing gangs of Texas gunfighters. However, historian James M. Smallwood here shows that what seemed to be random lawlessness can be interpreted as a pattern of rebellion by a loose confederation of desperadoes who found common cause in their hatred of the Reconstruction government in Texas. Between the 1850s and 1880, almost 200 men rode at one time or another with Creed Taylor and his family through a forty-five-county area of Texas, stealing and killing almost at will, despite heated and often violent opposition from pro-Union law enforcement officials, often led by William Sutton. From 1871 until his eventual arrest, notorious outlaw John Wesley Hardin served as enforcer for the Taylors. In 1874 in the streets of Comanche, Texas, on his twenty-first birthday, Hardin and two other members of the Taylor ring gunned down Brown County Deputy Charlie Webb. This cold-blooded killing—one among many—marked the beginning of the end for the Taylor ring, and Hardin eventually went to the penitentiary as a result. The Feud That Wasn’t reinforces the interpretation that Reconstruction was actually just a continuation of the Civil War in another guise, a thesis Smallwood has advanced in other books and articles. He chronicles in vivid detail the cattle rustling, horse thieving, killing sprees, and attacks on law officials perpetrated by the loosely knit Taylor ring, drawing a composite picture of a group of anti-Reconstruction hoodlums who at various times banded together for criminal purposes. Western historians and those interested in gunfighters and lawmen will heartily enjoy this colorful and meticulously researched narrative.

The Ranger Ideal Volume 2

Darren L. Ivey
The Ranger Ideal Volume 2 Book PDF

Author : Darren L. Ivey
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574417449

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The Ranger Ideal Volume 2 by Darren L. Ivey Pdf

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the Lone Star State can certainly boast of immense ranches, vast oil fields, enormous cowboy hats, and larger-than-life heroes. Among the greatest of the latter are the iconic Texas Rangers, a service that has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum continues to honor these legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. While upholding a proud heritage of duty and sacrifice, even men who wear the cinco peso badge can have their own champions. Thirty-one individuals—whose lives span more than two centuries—have been enshrined in the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 2: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1874-1930, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the twelve inductees who served Texas in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Ivey begins with John B. Jones, who directed his Rangers through their development from state troops to professional lawmen; then covers Leander H. McNelly, John B. Armstrong, James B. Gillett, Jesse Lee Hall, George W. Baylor, Bryan Marsh, and Ira Aten—the men who were responsible for some of the Rangers’ most legendary feats. Ivey concludes with James A. Brooks, William J. McDonald, John R. Hughes, and John H. Rogers, the “Four Great Captains” who guided the Texas Rangers into the twentieth century.

The Sutton-Taylor Feud

Chuck Parsons
The Sutton Taylor Feud Book PDF

Author : Chuck Parsons
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574412574

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The Sutton-Taylor Feud by Chuck Parsons Pdf

History, Rangers, Quarrels, Trials.

Haunted North Central Texas

Teresa Nordheim
Haunted North Central Texas Book PDF

Author : Teresa Nordheim
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467151535

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A Lawless Breed

Chuck Parsons,Norman Wayne Brown
A Lawless Breed Book PDF

Author : Chuck Parsons,Norman Wayne Brown
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574415056

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A Lawless Breed by Chuck Parsons,Norman Wayne Brown Pdf

John Wesley Hardin spread terror in much of Texas in the years following the Civil War as the most wanted fugitive. Hardin left an autobiography in which he detailed many of the troubles of his life. In A Lawless Breed, Parsons and Brown have meticulously examined his claims against available records to determine how much of his life story is true, and how much was only a half truth, or a complete lie.

Great Murder Trials of the Old West

Johnny D. Boggs
Great Murder Trials of the Old West Book PDF

Author : Johnny D. Boggs
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781556228926

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Great Murder Trials of the Old West by Johnny D. Boggs Pdf

Recreate and analyze some of the wildest murder trials on the American frontier.