Texas Ranger

Featured Excerpt: Boomtown

Wrestling in 1926 was teetering between the worlds of legitimate sport and entertainment. For Borger-based Dutch Betke, the “Apeman of the Panhandle,” ugly looks became media marketing. TIMES RECORD NEWS, OCTOBER 7, 1926, PUBLIC DOMAIN

by Joe Pappalardo

After the Civil War, many American families moved west seeking new lives, heavily…
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Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer

by Joe Pappalardo

From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
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To Hell and Back

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by Tom Clavin

dd Below is an excerpt from my new book, Follow Me to Hell. It…
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A Connecticut Yankee In Texas

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading This year is the bicentennial of the Texas Rangers, who played a…
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Learning the Ropes: The Early Years of a Texas Ranger “Great Captain”

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by Joe Pappalardo

WCAG Heading On July 26, 1887, Sgt. James Brooks listens to the jury…
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Frank Hamer and the Texas Bandit War of 1915

Wcag Heading by John Boessenecker Wcag Heading Extremely modest and humble, Frank Hamer left behind but…
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