This Week in Texas History: Jockey suffers career-threatening spill
By Bartee Haile No one who saw Willie Shoemaker take that terrible tumble at Santa…
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This Week in Texas History: Marlow brothers never knew when to quit
By Bartee Haile Four brothers busted out of the Graham jail on Jan. 14, 1889…
This Week in Texas History: Cowboy crooner started out on Broadway
By Bartee Haile Woodward Maurice Ritter was born on Jan. 11, 1905 deep in the…
This Week in Texas History: Austin’s right-hand man a big headache
By Bartee Haile On Dec. 30, 1847, eleven years after the death of Stephen F.…
Handicap did not hold back “Three-Legged Willie”
By Bartee Haile On Dec. 27, 1859, Texans laid to rest “Three-Legged Willie,” one of…
This Week in Texas History: Boy from cotton patch sure could coach
By Bartee Haile Stamford won the battle of the Bulldogs on Dec. 21, 1956, beating…
Texas president talks peace with Mexico
By Bartee Haile Speaking behind closed doors on Dec. 10, 1839, Mirabeau Lamar shared a…
‘The Cat’ runs out of lives
By Bartee Haile Herbert Noble buried his wife on Dec. 4, 1949, four days after…
Oil sealed fate of two mining towns
By Bartee Haile (Hard as it may be to believe, this is my 2,000th column!…
Truth or fiction: Tales of pioneer pilots
By Bartee Haile A death-defying air show on Nov. 19, 1911, inspired a Midland blacksmith to…