Author: Richard F. Selcer
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412965
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster tell the stories of thirteen of those early lawmen, starting with Tarrant County Sheriff John B. York in 1861 and going through Fort Worth Police Officer William Ad Campbell in 1909. York died in a street fight; Campbell was shot-gunned in the back while walking his beat in Hells Half-Acre. This is also the story of law enforcement in the days when an assortment of policemen and marshals, sheriffs and deputies, and special officers and constables held the line and sometimes crossed over it.
Written in Blood Volume 1
Author: Richard F. Selcer
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412965
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster tell the stories of thirteen of those early lawmen, starting with Tarrant County Sheriff John B. York in 1861 and going through Fort Worth Police Officer William Ad Campbell in 1909. York died in a street fight; Campbell was shot-gunned in the back while walking his beat in Hells Half-Acre. This is also the story of law enforcement in the days when an assortment of policemen and marshals, sheriffs and deputies, and special officers and constables held the line and sometimes crossed over it.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412965
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster tell the stories of thirteen of those early lawmen, starting with Tarrant County Sheriff John B. York in 1861 and going through Fort Worth Police Officer William Ad Campbell in 1909. York died in a street fight; Campbell was shot-gunned in the back while walking his beat in Hells Half-Acre. This is also the story of law enforcement in the days when an assortment of policemen and marshals, sheriffs and deputies, and special officers and constables held the line and sometimes crossed over it.
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Previous editions titled: Genealogical books in print
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Previous editions titled: Genealogical books in print
Written in Blood Volume 2
Author: Richard F. Selcer
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In 2010 Written in Blood Volume 1 told the stories of thirteen law officers who died in the line of duty between 1861 and 1909. Now Selcer and Foster are back with Volume 2 covering more line-of-duty deaths. This volume covers 1910 to 1928, as Fort Worth experiences a race riot, lynchings, bushwhacking, assassinations and martial law imposed by the U.S. Army.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574413228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
In 2010 Written in Blood Volume 1 told the stories of thirteen law officers who died in the line of duty between 1861 and 1909. Now Selcer and Foster are back with Volume 2 covering more line-of-duty deaths. This volume covers 1910 to 1928, as Fort Worth experiences a race riot, lynchings, bushwhacking, assassinations and martial law imposed by the U.S. Army.
The Oldest Profession in Texas
Author: James Pylant
Publisher: Jacobus Books
ISBN: 0984185712
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
From 1869 to 1918 more than 1,200 women lived as prostitutes in Waco, Texas. When the city legalized its red-light district, floozies flocked to Waco where saloons and bordellos boomed. The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco’s Legal Red-Light District examines the city’s complex stance on prostitution, debunks myths, and unveils (for the first time) the true identities of several early day madams.
Publisher: Jacobus Books
ISBN: 0984185712
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
From 1869 to 1918 more than 1,200 women lived as prostitutes in Waco, Texas. When the city legalized its red-light district, floozies flocked to Waco where saloons and bordellos boomed. The Oldest Profession in Texas: Waco’s Legal Red-Light District examines the city’s complex stance on prostitution, debunks myths, and unveils (for the first time) the true identities of several early day madams.
One Mingus Family of the Great Smoky Mountains
Author: Dorothy Elizabeth Moore Bernay
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300061804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Abraham Mingus, son of Gerge Mingus, was born in about 1781 in North Carolina. He married Rebecca Stillwell. He died in about 1859 in Newton, Missouri.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300061804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Abraham Mingus, son of Gerge Mingus, was born in about 1781 in North Carolina. He married Rebecca Stillwell. He died in about 1859 in Newton, Missouri.
Footprints
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Worsham & Washam Family History
Author: Dorothy G. Tuttle
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
William Worsham was probably born in England before 1619. Before 1640 he came to Virginia. He probably had married his wife Elizabeth by 1646. Their children: William Jr., Elizabeth, John, Mary, Charles. William Sr. died about 1660 in Henrico Co., Virginia. After William died, Elizabeth married Col. Francis Eppes II of Henrico Co., Virginia. Elizabeth's will was proved in Oct. 1678.
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Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
William Worsham was probably born in England before 1619. Before 1640 he came to Virginia. He probably had married his wife Elizabeth by 1646. Their children: William Jr., Elizabeth, John, Mary, Charles. William Sr. died about 1660 in Henrico Co., Virginia. After William died, Elizabeth married Col. Francis Eppes II of Henrico Co., Virginia. Elizabeth's will was proved in Oct. 1678.