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Bill O'Neal
The story of the formative period of Cheyenne is, to a remarkable degree, the story of America’s last West. Founded as a railroad boomtown, Cheyenne was a raucous and violent…
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For more than a century the world’s most famous law enforcement body has inspired novelists, actors, and filmmakers. From The Lone Ranger to Walker, Texas Ranger, from Zane Grey’s The…
The Wild West thrived for more than two decades in Caldwell, Kansas. Throughout the 1870s Caldwell was a lawless, unincorporated village astride the storied Chisholm Trail. Located just north of…
More than 250 on-site photographs illustrate this tour of homes of many of the Lone Star State’s most powerful political leaders. From the Governor’s Mansion in Austin to the Texas…
With its vast size and long frontier period, Texas was the scene of more combat events between Native American warriors and Anglo soldiers and settlers than any other state or…
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Images of America: Van Alstyne relates the story of a Texas town born in an era when small-town life was deeply ingrained in America. Founded by 1873, Van Alstyne is…
Founded in a pine forest on the East Texas frontier, Carthage assumed the name of one of the greatest cities of the ancient world. Although Carthage, Texas, did not become…
Texas made a remarkable contribution to the American war effort during World War II–almost 830,000 Texans, including 12,000 women, donned uniforms, and more than 23,000 Texas fighting men died for…
Images of America: West Texas Cattle Kingdom relates the frontier saga of cowboys and longhorn cattle, of trail drives and great ranches. Cattle and horses were introduced to the Western…
In the West during the late 1800s, guns were tools-as good or as bad as the men who used them. Buffalo hunters used guns to earn their living. Many Westerners…
Sam Houston is a Texas icon. General Houston signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on his 43rd birthday, and six weeks later he led the Texas Army to a spectacular…
Bill O'neal
This sardonic cartoon history chronicles the presidency of Donald Trump, from his first inaugural tweets to his bizarre final days in office. Trump’s many personas are on full display, including…
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Original publication and copyright date: 2010.
For nearly three decades, the settlers of Lampasas were challenged by frontier hardships and dangers. The isolated Hill Country community was founded in the 1850s amid bubbling mineral springs, During…
Rip Ford was a bold, fearless combat leader, an expert pistoleer, and a master tactician who led hard-hitting cavalry charges against foes with far greater numbers. Ford was a ferocious…
A half century of violence in Texas by a family man who killed more than 30
Images of America: Texas Gunslingers presents the concept of Texas as the Gunfighter Capital of the West. Indeed, after the cowboy–a Texas creation–the most colorful and romanticized frontier figure is…
John Chisum was a legendary figure of the Old West. During the 1850s Chisum recognized opportunity in the fledgling range cattle industry, and within a few years his herds numbered…
Billy Dixon fired the most celebrated shot in the history of the West at the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874, earned a Medal of Honor in an even more…
These mailable vintage-photograph postcards document the frontier period in Texas, where more combat events transpired between Native American warriors and Anglo soldiers and settlers than any other state or territory…
Captain Harry Wheeler was a Captain of the Arizona Rangers, Sheriff of Cochise County, Cavalry sergeant and World War I army captain. Intensely dedicated to duty and service, Harry Wheeler…
An encyclopedia of data on 255 gunmen of the American West. This scholarly reference work includes dates and places of birth and death, as well as aliases, nicknames, occupations and…
From the 1870s until the 1920s cattlemen and sheepmen clashed bitterly for rangeland in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. During five decades of irregular but…
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. The…
The Regulator-Moderator War was the first and largest of the many blood feuds of Texas. Bill O'Neal includes rosters of names of the Regulator and Moderator factions arranged by the…
The Pacific Coast League is one of the oldest baseball leagues and has a rich and colorful history. Bill O'Neal’s exhaustive research brings back forgotten players and moments in history…
A unique volume of information and colorful anecdotes about historic ranches, located throughout the American West. In all, almost sixty ranches are profiled, covering twelve states. From the King Ranch…
Although only a cook, Doris Miller fought bravely against Japanese attackers at Pearl Harbor. The young African-American from Texas was one of the first sailors to earn the Navy Cross…
2005 Book of the Year Award from the National Association For Outlaw and Lawman History - Story of the Wyoming cattle wars and lavishly illustrated.
David Johnson
For decades the Horrell brothers of Lampasas, Texas, have been portrayed as ruthless killers and outlaws, but author David Johnson paints a different picture of these controversial men. The Horrells…
Bill O'Neal,Fred Goodwin
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…
The most famous singing group in the history of western music
Bill O'Neal,Lynn O'Neal Martinez
Long before the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving at Plymouth in 1621, a similar feast of thanks was shared in the New World. In the 1500s, Mexican conquistador Juan de Onate led…
Bill Gutman,Bill Gutman
Shaquille O'Neal, the 7'1 NBA rookie center for the Orlando Magic, is already being touted as the next Michael Jordan. This fascinating portrait of Shaq is sure to answer everyone’s…
Bill O'Neal,Tommie Ritter Smith
When it comes to music, Texas has a rich history, but especially in the world of country music. The genre was born out of the trials and tribulations of the…
The Arizona Rangers is the first documented history of the Rangers ever published, and fills a sizeable void in the annals of Arizona Territory. Bill O'Neal’s enthusiasm for his subject…
John Belton O'Neall
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
