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LEWIS GARDNER: SOUTH TEXAS GUNFIGHTER
08/30/07
I am researching my mysterious ancestor named Lewis Gardner. He was born c. 1810 SC, migrated to GA where he married, fathered children, and farmed. He then migrated to MS where he owned a farm. His wife divorced him and he went to Texas after the Civil War. Lewis lived in Houston County for a time -
MORE SENOR LUNA
08/24/07
On Friday, August 24, 2007, 03:42 PM, Gary Owen wrote:
Since the last post, I have done a little more thinking about what I remember of those episodes. Senor Luna was a somewhat enigmatic chap, dis-appearing for long stretches, and then suddenly reappearing, often to the accompanime -
PRESIDIO IN TIMES GONE BY
08/21/07
Here is more from Gary Owen remembering his days in the 1960's with the Border Patrol. Gj
All this remembrance of Nate Fuller and my time in Presidio has made me think of many things I saw in that time 40 years ago.There were many interesting characters in residence in Presidio -
MORE BORDER BANDITS
08/19/07
This just came from Kirby Warnock about his Border Bandits film. Gj
Just a note that we've been invited to screen BORDER BANDITS at some
theaters in Texas in September. We'll be in Austin, San Antonio and Mission
September 13-15.
All details are on our Web site at -
QUANAH AT HOTEL LIMPIA
08/19/07
Here is an email question from Rolando Romo
about Quanah Parker coming to the Big Bend to buy peyote.
I am a history graduate student at Texas A&M International University and I am working on a thesis of John Richard Parker, Uncle to Quanah Parker.
I came across an i -
WOODY GUTHRIE AND PAMPA
08/16/07
I just finished reading Joe Klein's insightful book titled "Woody Guthrie: A Life" published by Dell Publishing. It is not a new work but simply the most definitive book I have found about the life the legendary folksong writer and political activist Woody Guthrie. Klein's volume -
MORE ON NATE FULLER FROM GARY
08/08/07
"In my comments on the photo in"Chronicles of the Big Bend",I referred to it as Company "B"in 1918,and it is so identified in the caption.I believe this to be an error,as I have the same photo from the Moody Texas ranger library identifying it as a photo of company "A&q -
TEXAS RANGER NATHAN "NATE" FULLER
08/08/07
I read your post about the passing of the last witness to the Porvenir massacre with great interest. My own life was touched in a small way by those tragic and desperate times. I was a border patrolman for a short time (1966-67) stationed in Presidio. I got to know an old Texas Ranger named Nate Ful
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