The Short Guns of Texas
Author | : A. A. Andrews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : A. A. Andrews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : Jim Andrew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1965 |
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Author | : Doug Dukes |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 645 |
Release | : 2020-08-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 157441819X |
From their founding in the 1820s up to the modern age, the Texas Rangers have shown the ability to adapt and survive. Part of that survival depended on their use of firearms. The evolving technology of these weapons often determined the effectiveness of these early day Rangers. John Coffee “Jack” Hays and Samuel Walker would leave their mark on the Rangers by incorporating new technology which allowed them to alter tactics when confronting their adversaries. The Frontier Battalion was created at about the same time as the Colt Peacemaker and the Winchester 73—these were the guns that “won the West.” Firearms of the Texas Rangers, with more than 180 photographs, tells the history of the Texas Rangers primarily through the use of their firearms. Author Doug Dukes narrates famous episodes in Ranger history, including Jack Hays and the Paterson, the Walker Colt, the McCulloch Colt Revolver (smuggled through the Union blockade during the Civil War), and the Frontier Battalion and their use of the Colt Peacemaker and Winchester and Sharps carbines. Readers will delight in learning of Frank Hamer’s marksmanship with his Colt Single Action Army and his Remington, along with Captain J.W. McCormick and his two .45 Colt pistols, complete with photos. Whether it was a Ranger in 1844 with his Paterson on patrol for Indians north of San Antonio, or a Ranger in 2016 with his LaRue 7.62 rifle working the Rio Grande looking for smugglers and terrorists, the technology may have changed, but the gritty job of the Rangers has not.
Author | : Elmer Kelton |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1998-01-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812551214 |
The new Confederacy, facing into the Union cannon, had too much on its hands to send troops to the Texas frontier to hold back the Indians. Instead, it authorized the State of Texas to raise its own troops. Many kinds of men drifted into the Texas Mounted Rifles. Some thought it might be safer than fighting in far off Virginia. Many were merely young men a-thirst for adventure. Some were settlers who saw this as the best way to protect their families and homes against the murderous thrusts of the Comanche. And some were men who still loved the Union, who had lived too long under that gallant flag to turn their guns against it now. Such a man was Scout Sam Houston Cloud...
Author | : Ralph Cotton |
Publisher | : Cotton-Branch Publishing |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2018-10-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
The first thing of interest Cray Dawson saw upon riding into Crabtown, Montana, on his way to stake his claim in Black’s Cut, was a sign outside the barber shop, with a long line of miners, townsfolk, business people and saddle tramps strung along the boardwalk waiting their turn to view Lawrence Shaw in his coffin. FAST LARRY SHAWL DEAD IN HIS COFFIN, 50 CENTS While He Lasts... (below it in pencil) *Preview of Ralph Cotton's Hangman's Choice and Killing Texas Bob at the back of this book.
Author | : Carroll C. Holloway |
Publisher | : Copano Bay Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2014-08-13 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781941324042 |
How different might our maps look today were it not for the gun? Would there be a Texas were it not for improvements in firearm technology? Texas Independence was won by the gun...and kept by the gun. Firearms put food on the table and kept marauding Indians out of frontier dooryards. In this book, Carroll Holloway introduces us to the men who made the guns that shaped Texas. He walks us through firearm technology throughout our Lone Star history, from Spanish & Mexican rule, through the weapons of the Texas Revolution and the Republic. This non-technical treatise demonstrates clearly the role of the gun in 19th century westward expansion and Texas history.
Author | : Chris Hirsch |
Publisher | : Man At Arms Bookshelf |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
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This new book from Mowbray Publishers is the result of the author's almost 20 years of research. It attempts to shed light on the extent of the gun trade in Texas during its early times. Though the military connection is touched upon in this book, the civilian gun trade is the main objective. Many of the old established gun dealers in Texas became quite successful, while others came and went. Each major city seemed to have one gun dealer that stood above all others. Included in this extensive directory of over 1,200 dealers and makers are the Dance Brothers of Anderson, the Erichson family of Houston, E.A. Worden of Dallas, Charles Hummel of San Antonio, J.C. Petmecky of Austin, A.J. Anderson of Forth Worth and countless other dealers and tradesmen, many of whom could have books dedicated to them alone. More than 1,200 listings and over 700 black & white photographs. 8.5"x11" and printed on heavy, coated paper.
Author | : Erle Adkins |
Publisher | : Zebra Books |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1990-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780821729250 |
Army scout Joe Howard's top-secret assignment: escort a certain Dorthea Claxton to her husband, the fort commandant at Las Cruces, New Mexico, along with two canvas-covered wagons said to be loaded with Henry repeaters. But the wagons actually contained Gatling guns, and a gang of greedy gunsels were hot on Howard's trail.
Author | : Américo Paredes |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0292792514 |
Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed away at each other after a misunderstanding. The sheriff was killed and Gregorio fled immediately, realizing that in practice there was one law for Anglo-Texans, another for Texas-Mexicans. The chase, capture, and imprisonment of Cortez are high drama that cannot easily be forgotten. Even today, in the cantinas along both sides of the Rio Grande, Mexicans sing the praises of the great "sheriff-killer" in the ballad which they call "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez." Américo Paredes tells the story of Cortez, the man and the legend, in vivid, fascinating detail in "With His Pistol in His Hand," which also presents a unique study of a ballad in the making. Deftly woven into the story are interpretations of the Border country, its history, its people, and their folkways.
Author | : United States Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1974 |
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