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At a picnic near Beaumount, Texas, in 1892, Billy Jack and Sarah Jane Thornton become involved in their Sunday School teacher's dream of finding oil at Spindletop Hill and they befriend an Indian...

Women initially became a part of rodeo to add beauty and glamour to the male-dominated sport. But as the sport of rodeo evolved, so did the women's role, and barrel racing took off, becoming an...

In the early 1890s Wyoming's northern rangeland was torn by the Johnson County War, a violent western collision that pitted cattle barons and powerful politicians against homesteaders and rustlers...

A powerful series of meditations on the Kaddish prayer, and the experience of mourning. Readers of all faiths will benefit from its insights. There is no time when people need the guidance of...

The story of Walter E. Potts who lived to be 106-years-old and was the last surviving member of the Buffalo Soldiers that served in the 92nd Division and fought in France during World War I...

Uprooted from her native England, twelve-year-old Sarah Kensington misses her mother and vows never to accept Texas and its way of life. With her beloved pet swan, Celina, in tow, along with twenty...

Considered by many to be one of the deadliest men in the west, claiming to have killed 42 men, John Wesley Hardin was also one of the most controversial men in the West. "The Letters of John Wesley...

The West was still wild in South Texas in the 1880s and 1890s for a rich Anglo landowner and a Mexican hired gun-outlaw-lawman. The authors explore a shoot-out that was more explosive than the...

In this book Terry Keeling has presented the stories of almost 100 "little churches in the wildwood" scattered throughout East Texas and South Central Texas-along with photos. He has done more than...

This book is an imaginative telling of the history of the San Antonio River, intended to capture the interest of small children, rather than a sober factual and detailed account. Hopefully, kids will...

Fictional account of a young vaquero (the first Texas cowboy) on a cattle drive to supply Longhorn cattle to troops in Louisiana fighting the American Revolution. While this is a fictional account,...

The book of Psalms, throughout history, has formed the foundation of prayer liturgy for the great western religions of Judaism and Christianity. Perhaps this is because most of the books of the...

The nation's greatest manhunt began the morning of January 3, 1951, with the routine investigation of an abandoned car, mired in the mud near Tulsa, Oklahoma. A quick glance into the interior of the...

Dr. William Joseph Calhoun Lawrence and the Base, Mean, Low-Down, Trifeling, Lying, Lazy, Hog-Thieving, Indolent, Dogon', Chisel-Fisted, CheatingWhy should a respected frontier physician--one of the...

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water" are only a couple of the hundreds of songs created by the Sons of the Pioneers, the most famous singing group in the history of Western music. Charter members...

Hidden in the unforgiving earth of West Texas were clues: archaic clues etched upon buried rocks, stacked as artifacts upon other clues, or carved into rock walls. These centuries-old clues, placed...

All too often, when Americans think of the American Revolution, they think only in terms of the events that occurred in the thirteen English colonies. Important as they were, they do not tell the...

Frank Eaton, known to all as Pistol Pete, was one of the most colorful characters in the American West. Today, he is mainly remembered as the mascot for Oklahoma State University. Pete led an...

When Dallas turned 150 years old in 1991, Rose-Mary Rumbley celebrated the occasion by writing The Unauthorized History of Dallas-a history that takes the scenic route. Rose-Mary, whose German...

These days, people are beginning to rediscover the health benefits of wholesome, quality ingredients and the taste benefits of cooking from scratch. At Camp Waldemar for Girls, established in 1926 by...

These days, people are beginning to rediscover the health benefits of wholesome, quality ingredients and the taste benefits of cooking from scratch. At Camp Waldemar for Girls, established in 1926 by...

For more than seventy years, thousands of girls have had the Waldemar experience. Camp Waldemar, located just west of Kerrville in the beautiful Texas Hill country, has been the summer home to some...

For more than seventy years, thousands of girls have had the Waldemar experience. Camp Waldemar, located just west of Kerrville in the beautiful Texas Hill country, has been the summer home to some...

Old Blue, Texas' most revered longhorn, worked for rancher Charles Goodnight. But Blue has almost been forgotten by history. In 1998 a mysterious old manuscript was discovered by Preston Lewis. Now...

"Three Roads to Chihuahua: The Great Wagon Roads That Opened the Southwest, 1823-1883" is the story of the shifting path of trade between what is now the U.S. Southwest and the Mexican state of...

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was a Texas politician, poet, diplomat and soldier, was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was the second President of the Republic of Texas...

Biographies of women who were the first or best in their fields including business, aviation, and medicine when such professions were not considered appropriate for women.Author: Michele Bennett,...

Tumbleweed Smith loves to bring the sounds and stories to radio and newspaper audiences across Texas. "Texas Highways" magazine says he has probably "recorded more Texas characters on tape than...

UP FROM THE ASHES tells the story of the development, destruction, and rebuilding of a dynamic neighborhood from a child's perspective. Based on actual historical events, during the Tulsa, Oklahoma,...

Presents a set of traditions and traditional activities that shape the character of the University of Texas at Austin.Author: Margaret Catherine BerryPublisher: Eakin PressPublication Date: Apr 30,...