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Pitcher loses leg in hunting accident
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Bartee Haile, Texas History on December 13, 2023
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Pitcher loses leg in hunting accident

Two weeks after the amputation of most of his right leg, Monty Stratton was released from the hospital on Dec. 13, 1938.

Connally thought he was done for
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Connally thought he was done for
When the presidential limo came to a screeching halt at Parkland Hospital on Nov. 22, 1963, the Governor of Texas believed John F. Kennedy was dead an...
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“Factory farm” goes bust in Panhandle
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“Factory farm” goes bust in Panhandle
“What is believed to be the largest field in the country under one fence was broken and sown to wheat this fall by Hickman Price, the most extensive w...
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First woman hanged in Texas
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First woman hanged in Texas
Leading up to the 1998 execution of ax murderer Karla Faye Tucker, there were repeated references to the fact that a woman had not been put to death i...
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Thurber and Mingus shared the same sad fate
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Thurber and Mingus shared the same sad fate
The post office at Thurber closed for good on Oct. 28, 1936.  The once thriving mining town hardly had a pulse, and neighboring Mingus was on the crit...
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Bad seed son cost rich rancher plenty
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Bad seed son cost rich rancher plenty
Clutching a suitcase in one hand and a satchel full of cash in the other on Oct. 15, 1878, Mifflin Kenedy caught the train for Dodge City where his so...
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Original Texans knew only how to lose
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Original Texans knew only how to lose
The Dallas Texans, first pro football team in the Southwest, proved their season opening defeat was no fluke by losing 37-14 to the San Francisco 49er...
October 2, 2024
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