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Famed Ranger captain was a fugitive from justice
Columns, Opinions
This Week in Texas History
Famed Ranger captain was a fugitive from justice
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
August 28, 2024
Under the assumed name of George Washington Arrington, an Alabama fugitive enlisted in the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers on Sep. 1, 1875. Jo...
Confederate generals meet with Maximilian
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This Week in Texas History
Confederate generals meet with Maximilian
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
August 21, 2024
Two Confederate generals sat down with Emperor Maximilian on Aug. 24, 1865 and presented their bold plan for keeping the Austrian puppet on the Mexica...
Sam Houston tough act for son follow
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This Week in Texas History
Sam Houston tough act for son follow
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
August 14, 2024
Paralyzed and partially blind, Temple Lea Houston spent his forty-fifth birthday on Aug. 12, 1905 waiting for death to put an end to his suffering. Sa...
Bandits hold river pilots for ransom
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This Week in Texas History
Bandits hold river pilots for ransom
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
August 7, 2024
Two “river pilots” on patrol over the international border on Aug. 10, 1919 mistook the Rio Conchos River for the Rio Grande and a wrong turn took the...
Daring young Texan on the flying trapeze
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This Week in Texas History
Daring young Texan on the flying trapeze
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
July 31, 2024
The unique and fascinating life of Vander Clyde ended where it started, his birthplace of Round Rock, when the celebrated star of the trapeze and high...
Crime did not pay for Big Thicket Brothers
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This Week in Texas History
Crime did not pay for Big Thicket Brothers
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
July 24, 2024
“Red” Goleman and an accomplice held up the bank at Hull in Liberty County on July 26, 1939.  The Big Thicket bandit was setting a dangerous example f...
Texans strike gold at Helsinki Olympics
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This Week in Texas History
Texans strike gold at Helsinki Olympics
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
July 17, 2024
With the Summer Games in Paris only days away, let’s take a look back at the XV Olympics that began in Helsinki, Finland on Jul. 19, 1952 and featured...
Anson Jones third choice for D.C. appointment
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This Week in Texas History
Anson Jones third choice for D.C. appointment
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
July 10, 2024
Anson Jones boarded a ship at Galveston on Jul. 11, 1838 for the long, roundabout trip to Washington, D.C. As much as the Massachusetts native dreaded...
“Immortal” Texans punch Wilson’s ticket
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This Week in Texas History
“Immortal” Texans punch Wilson’s ticket
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
July 3, 2024
On the Fourth of July 112 years ago this week, 40 delegates to the Democratic national convention boarded a train in Baltimore for the long ride back ...
Ex-employee goes gunning for State Treasurer
Columns, Opinions
This Week in Texas History
Ex-employee goes gunning for State Treasurer
By Bartee Haile, Texas History 
June 26, 2024
The shocking events of Jun. 30, 1903 may have left most Texans at a loss for words but not an East Texas editor, who wrote, “The tragedy is the first ...
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Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024
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The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.
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Pedophile sentenced to life without parole
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By Staff Report 
October 4, 2024
SAN MARCOS — Christopher Lee Head, 36, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4. A...
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