Texas History By Bartee Haile

Stories by this author

Vanishing act of the “mysterious” outlaw

Two Texans ride with “The Wild Bunch”

Pecan shellers go out on strike

Blood keeps on flowing in Texas feud

All eyes on Texas for “Trial of the Century”

Record blizzard buries Panhandle and South Plains

Houdini a frequent visitor to Texas

Famous explorer discovered Texas by mistake

“Old Yeller” author could not handle success

First rebellion staged by two brothers

Santa Claus robs hometown bank

Swindled rancher hunts fleecing five

A troublemaking dad

Kyle Rote takes over for Doak Walker

The wizard behind the curtain

Roy Bean not always legendary judge

Georgians give their lives for Texas

Did Billie Sol give the senator $50,000?

Did Texan help Nazi war criminal commit suicide?

Salt worth dying for in El Paso

Poisonous patent medicine killed ten in Texas

Brains not brawn key to Major League success

Texas sheriff embraces life of crime

Before Lou Gehrig there was “Pep”

Doak Walker hangs up his cleats

Democrats dump “jumbo” governor

Barnstormer takes wrong turn into history book

Popular public enemy hated his nickname

U-boats on the prowl in the Gulf

Burned-out adventurer cashes in his chips

Freddie Wolcott flew over the hurdles

Record turnouts for FDR’s Texas tour

Glory hunter yearned to fight Mexico again

“Guardsmen” hunt down leader of Oklahombres

Post invests fortune in West Texas Utopia

Real cowboy wrote bestsellers

Pancho runs circles around Gen. Pershing

“I’ll be in hell before you start breakfast”

Ranger cuts a deal to get friend’s killer

Hot-tempered gunman pushed his luck