Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 [1 ed.] 9781574414783, 9781574414677

In 1874, the Texas legislature created the Frontier Battalion, the first formal, budgeted organization as an arm of stat

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Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 [1 ed.]
9781574414783, 9781574414677

“Texas, by God!” cried notorious killer John Wesley Hardin when he saw a Colt .45 pointed at him on a train in Florida.

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In James Patterson's white-hot Western thriller, a Texan Ranger fights for his life, his freedom, and the town he l

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Champions of the Cherokees is the story of two extraordinary Northern Baptist missionaries, father and son, who lived wi

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“One is tempted to say that wherever there was a frontier in America there was a counterfrontier and that the main purpo

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It is 1842—a dramatic year in the history of Texas-Mexican relations. After five years of uneasy peace, of futile negoti

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Thomas C. (Pidge) Robinson came to Texas from Virginia at the age of 27, fleeing a feud with a neighbor who opposed Robi

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Conservation and development of natural resources are issues of critical importance throughout the world. These issues h

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The years following the Texas Revolution held even more turbulent events as diverse droves of pioneers crossed the Sabin

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Webb's classic history of the Texas Rangers has been popular ever since its first publication in 1935. This edition

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