The Great Raid With raids on civilians and hostage-taking back in the news, I looked up the Comanches’ Great Raid of 1840 that destroyed forever the Texas port city of Linnville, about halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi. As with many ethnic conflicts, who were the bad guys and who were the good guys…
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The Texas Bad Ass Files: Cicero Rufus Perry aka “Old Rufe”
H/T Wynn Also known as “Old Rufe,” Cicero Rufus Perry was born in Alabama in 1822. At the age of 11, he moved with his family to Texas, where he would later go on to become a famed Texas Ranger. As history goes, Perry played a role in the siege of Bexar. Following…
Texas News: What Lurks Below
The Texas drought caused some World War I-era shipwrecks to resurface on a river near Beaumont Susan Kilcrease was worried a piece of U.S. history would be altered or damaged after it surfaced on the Neches River last week. Parts of several shipwrecks recently surfaced on the southeast Texas river due to lower water…
Texas News: Happy Belated San Jacinto Day!
Happy San Jacinto Day, 2023: Texas Celebrates 187 Years Of Not Being Ruled By Mexico Sorry folks, yesterday was extremely busy and I neglected to Celebrate a Red Letter Date in my beloved State’s History: San Jacinto Day! The San Jacinto Column, the world’s tallest monument, was built in 1936 by Sons and Daughters of the Republic of Texas who…
Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends The story of Loving and Goodnight influenced Texas Western writer Larry McMurtry to write one of the most authentic and influential western saga’s of our time, Lonesome Dove.
Remembering Waco Thirty Years Later
Remembering Waco Thirty Years Later 30 years ago today, the ATF raided the Branch Davidians’ church/home on a bullshit gun warrant. They murdered 6 innocent people and lost 4 of their own to defensive fire. 51 days later Bill Clinton sent the FBI Hostage Rescue Team and Delta Force to finish them off. I highly…
National Divorce—Or State Divorce? Immigration Has Made One The Other Inevitable
National Divorce—Or State Divorce? Immigration Has Made One The Other Inevitable Secession, successful and unsuccessful, has a long history in the U.S. The U.S. itself, after all, separated from Great Britain. Vermont separated from New Hampshire, New York and Quebec, Maine separated from Massachusetts, and the Republic of Texas separated from Mexico and joined the United States on terms that arguably allowed Texas…
Know Your Texas History: Frank Hamer’s Sweetwater Gunfight
Frank Hamer’s Sweetwater Fight: Lessons Learned As a writer and old west “enthusiast” I absolutely love reading about the old Texas warhorses like Frank Hamer. Men who were cut from rawhide and raised in the traditions of the 19th century old west but forced to live in the modern “civilized” 20th century. In short,…
Observations of a Proud Southern White Man #3
First and foremost I want to remind ALL my brave readers to go over to American Partisan and read my good friend NC Scout’s excellent essay titled Welcome to Appalachistan and then pass it along to somebody they care about. I told Scout that it was one of the best damn essay’s I have…