W. M. Emery 2/5/37 Years ago, when the citizens of Clayton were still depending on the ever faithful Dobbin as a means of local transportation, and the automobile had not yet been introduced in the town, the town people organized a company known as the “No-Cow Cattle Company,” whose…
My cousin Doris was a beautiful baby and she had the sweetest smile a child could have. In our village, there were superstitions about giving the evil eye to babies such as Doris. Doris would not quit crying and she cried as though she were in great pain. Her…
By John P. Wilson A new era in cross-country communications opened in October 1858, when the Butterfield Overland Mail linked the westernmost railroad line in Missouri with San Francisco in California. The stagecoaches and lighter celerity wagons completed their 2,800 mile runs in as little as twenty-one days….
By John P. Wilson Robbing a stagecoach in the Old West didn’t always end with the driver throwing down the express box, or a chest with the payroll or gold bars, followed by the bandits allowing everybody to go their own way. Sometimes the highwaymen sought to unburden the…
1886 The Ranger and the Saboteur By John P. Wilson Las Cruces, New Mexico We think of the sheriffs and U.S. Marshals of the Old West as the men who brought law to the mesquite in early-day New Mexico. However, what about up in the ponderosas, among the occasional…
6 5 1850 Pat Garrett, An Unlucky Lawman By Kathy Weiser Born in Chambers County, Alabama on June 5, 1850, Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth Garrett. Three years later, Pat's father, John Garrett, purchased a Louisiana plantation in Claiborne…
