Texas History By Bartee Haile

Stories by this author

Apaches too much for Spaniards

Texans catch U.S. running guns to Mexico

Supreme Court okays theft of Texas County

Big Bend not a park overnight

Saddle tramps botch bank robbery

Cal farley saved boys at bottom of barrel

H.L. Hunt, poker playing billionaire

Spanish Flu our ancestors’ pandemic

Who bushwhacked the bandit queen?

Jockey suffers career-threatening spill

Marlows never knew when to quit

Cowboy crooner started out on broadway

Austin’s right-hand man a big headache

Handicap did not hold back “Three-Legged Willie”

Boy from Cotton Patch sure could coach

Texas president talks peace with Mexico

“The cat” runs out of lives

Oil sealed fate of two mining towns

Truth or fiction: tales of pioneer pilots

Small-town paper uncovers big-time scandal

Yeoman turned Cougars into winners

King Fisher ruled an outlaw empire

Nothing went right on mud fort mission

Texans would not listen to “Old Roman”

High-wire daredevil defied the odds

Popular gambler tangles with Wild Bill

Jim Ferguson fought to bitter end

Texan battles Ted Williams for batting crown

Thousands watch the crash at crush

Small-town texan wins 1940 batting champtionship

Ex-governor Connally stands trial

Some Alamo movies not worth ticket price

Provisional Governor caught in the middle

Eviction day for the Cherokees

The only governor to die in office

Would-be-President of Mexico chooses death

Jackson urges Houston to take care in Texas

Texas congressman took up veterans' cause

From the barrio to Beverly Hills

Unknown golfer goes on a hot streak