Much has been said and written about the hardships and privations endured by the Confederate soldiers 50 years ago and especially the straits to which he was often put in...

June 18, 1936Laying of the caliche base on the nine-mile stretch of Highway 27 west from Ozona is nearing completion, contractors being at work...

June 11, 1936Lacking a quorum at the opening of the regular June term, scheduled to convene Monday, the Crockett County Commissioners Court...

In the untamed heart of 19th-century Republic of Texas, young W.F. Neal lived a life forged on the frontier. Born in Tennessee in 1851, he was just an infant when his...

In the history of American military medicine, few figures combined courage, innovation and medical skill as completely as Assistant Surgeon Bernard John Dowling Irwin. His...

June 4, 1936A petition asking the Commissioners Court of Crockett County to call an election for the purpose of deciding the question of whether or...

May 28, 1936Opening a campaign of strict enforcement of the State law prohibiting cows or other livestock from running at large on highways,...

May 21, 1936Crockett County spent an average of approximately $76.50 per pupil in the public schools during the past year for the education of its...

Shackelford County—In the rugged cattle country of Shackelford County, Texas, in the late 1860s, Judge William H. Ledbetter was a hard-eyed pioneer who carved a life out of...

May 14, 1936A telegram received this morning by Supt C.S. Denham from Dr. L. H. Hubbard of Denton advised that the president of Texas State College...

 Edited by Jim FishFort Griffin once stood as a military outpost on the Texas frontier, helping restore law and order during a turbulent period marked by Indian raids,...

May 7, 1936Twenty-two pupils of the Junior High School will receive their diplomas denoting their graduation from the elementary grades to become...

April 30, 1936Miss Mary Williams, her mother, Mrs. Charles Williams, and Miss Mildred North, teacher in the commercial department of the local high...

In the blistering heat of an August night in 1875, a lone Texas Ranger named Lam Sieker swung into the saddle at the Frontier Hotel in old Fort Mason. What followed was no...

You know, I was thinkin’ the other day, I sure am glad I was born a boy. I don’t think I could have made it as a girl. I’m too ugly, too hairy, well except for my head, and...