This Week in Texas History: Salt worth dying for in El Paso

Columns

October 19, 2022

By Bartee Haile

Fearing for their lives after the murder of the Mexican political boss, the Anglo residents of El Paso sent for the commander of the Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion on Oct. 24, 1877.

At first glance the killing of Luis Cardis looked like nothing more than the violent climax of a particularly nasty personal feud. But in reality the trouble in El Paso was all about salt.

Massive formations of the natural resource were located near Guadalupe Peak 100 miles east of Texas’ weste...

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This Week in Texas History: Fort Worth mourns hero of fiery disaster

After standing-room-only services in a large local church on Jun. 5, 1890, Fort Worth’s 23,000 residents paid silent tribute to the town’s first true ...

May 31, 2023

Columns, Opinions

This Week in Texas History: Booze at center of 1916 ‘culture war’

Democrats gathered in San Antonio on May 23, 1917 for their biennial state convention, where once again booze was the biggest bone of contention. The ...

May 24, 2023

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This Week in Texas History: Vanishing act of the ‘mysterious’ outlaw

On or about Mar. 16, 1882, “Mysterious” Dave Mather posted bail, walked out of the Dallas County jail and skipped town. The gunfighter, outlaw and opp...

March 15, 2023

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This Week in Texas History: Two Texans ride with ‘The Wild Bunch’

The sole survivor of the most famous outlaw photo in the history of the Old West was killed during the robbery of a West Texas train on Mar. 12, 1912....

March 8, 2023

Columns, Opinions

This Week in Texas History: Lubbock’s Mac Davis could do it all

Deciding the time had come to sing his own songs, Mac Davis recorded “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” on Mar. 1, 1972. Born in Lubbock, Texas during the ...

February 28, 2023

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This Week in Texas History: Blood keeps flowing in Texas feud

(Last week Beal Sneed shot and killed the father of a childhood friend, who has run off with his wife. At his 1912 trial, a Fort Worth jury deadlocked...

February 21, 2023

Breaking News, Hays County...

Newborn abandoned in bathroom, mother arrested for murder

By By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com

May 19, 2023

This story was updated as of 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023 to add additional information. KYLE — A Kyle woman was arrested on Thursday for murder,...

Kyle, News

Kyle to host weekend-long fair

By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com

May 17, 2023

City aims to break world record for number of people with same name in same location KYLE — Those looking for a weekend full of barbecued ribs, margar...

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Hays CISD campus teachers recognized

May 17, 2023

HAYS COUNTY — Twenty-six educators were recently recognized as Campus Teachers of the Year in Hays CISD. On May 4 at Thistlewood Manor and Gardens in ...

Education, Hays County...

Hays CISD announces district teachers of the year

By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com

May 17, 2023

HAYS COUNTY — “I still can’t wrap my brain around it,” said Kimberlie Williams, a second-grade educator at Pfluger Elementary School. Teachers foster ...

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Former officer waives arraignment

By By: Brittany Kelley, By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com

May 24, 2023

HCSO corrections officer waives hearing for charge of deadly conduct in fatal shooting SAN MARCOS — Former Hays County corrections officer Isaiah Garc...

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