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by Cork Morris & Harry Hickman One of the best kept secrets in the
travel lore of the Texas Hill Country is "The Click Route". Years ago Willow
City Loop had the same reputation, but as more and more people discover the Texas Frontier
such places become prime destinations and they are secrets no longer.
Click is a Hill Country Bermuda Triangle, where
expectations and explanations go awry. I hadn’t thought of it that way before; but it
is an easy place to lose yourself.
A Look at the Texas-Cherokee
Nation Land Dispute by Waggoner Carr The Attorney General of Texas from 1963 to
1967 tells the story of a visit from the general counsel of the Cherokee Indian Nation in
1964 regarding Cherokee land claims in Texas. Carr's next call was to Governor Connally. The Mysterious Spider Rocks of Texas, Part 3 of 3 Parts by Bill Townsley Lynn Jones of Fort Worth, Texas, is researching historical cartography. He is
applying CAD/GLS/GPS and imagery techniques to the mapping of the historical stone
monuments. It is also interesting to note that the rays of the Leon River Medicine Wheel,
located on Ft. Hood property, are placed at 22.5 degree increments around the circle.
The U.S. sent an invasion force into Texas, denied her diplomatic recognition,
and through both official and unofficial agents attempted to undermine the authority and
character of the President of the Republic of Texas.
Portrait of Sam Houston by Ira Kennedy.
A signed and numbered print (limited edition of 25) on 8x10" acid free paper is
available from Ira for $45. Please e-mail your request: ira@texfiles.com
Cowboy Colors & Cowboy Bars: by L. Kelly Down You fellows is way wrong in thinking like
Hollywood that all the trail drive hands was white folks. Girls you better put a lid on
that talk. Way before Texas was in the Union cattle was worked by Indians —like the
Wacos —the Latins, the Mexicans, and in South and East Texas, by African-Americans.
Nat Love. Born
in slavery in 1854, Nat left his home in Davidson County, Tennessee at the age of fifteen
and made his way west where he became a chowhand with an outfit on the Palo Duro River in
the Texas Panhandle. As a cowhand he drove cattle from Mexico to the Dakotas.
Eventually, Nat laid claim to the title "Deadwood Dick" the hero of a series of
popular dime novels in the late 1800s. Although there were several contenders to the
honor, only Nat made his claim in print with his autobiography, The Life and
Adventures of Nat Love: Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick".
Illustration of Nat Love by Ira Kennedy.
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