Escaped Convict Turns Over a New Leaf

Texas History By Bartee Haile After Joe Horner’s battle with the buffalo soldiers on Oct. 11, 1874, the wild young outlaw seemed headed for an early grave. Who could have imagined that half a century later he would be the guest of honor at a state funeral in Oklahoma? Looking to put the post-Civil War strife behind them, the Horners left Missouri in the fall of 1866. Their first North Texas…