On Nov. 24, 1923, a Fort Worth jury came back with a verdict in the federal fraud trial of disgraced explorer, Dr.
As the Texas Ranger lieutenant prepared to fight 150 or more Indians with only 18 men on Nov. 10, 1837, he must have questioned the wisdom of his reckless decision to part company with his captain, William Mosby Eastland.
THIS WEEK IN TEXAS HISTORY
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?
Harley Sadler, a household name throughout West Texas, made his last personal appearance at a benefit for the Boy Scouts on Oct. 9, 1954, but this time there would be no curtain call for the much loved king of the tent shows.
Two weeks after breaking the Texas League home run record that had stood for 32 years, Ken Guettler hit his sixtieth round-tripper of the season on Aug. 26, 1956.
Texas History
Anson Jones boarded a ship at Galveston on Jul. 11, 1838 for the long, roundabout trip to Washington, D.C.
After standingroom- 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 hero by lining the route to the cemetery or walking behind the casket to the grave where Alfred S. Hayne was laid to rest.
Democrats gathered in San Antonio on May 23, 1917 for their biennial state convention, where once again booze was the biggest bone of contention.
On or about Mar. 16, 1882, “Mysterious” Dave Mather posted bail, walked out of the Dallas County jail and skipped town.
Deciding the time had come to sing his own songs, Mac Davis recorded “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” on Mar. 1, 1972.
