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An edition of Tascosa: its life and gaudy times (2007)

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"The ranching boom of the 1880s made the Texas Panhandle town of Tascosa 'the cowboy capital of the world.' Through it passed many people, good and bad, who made history in the West. Yet when the large ranches broke up, Tascosa disappeared as quickly as it had risen"--Provided by publisher.

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Texas Tech University Press
Language
English
Pages
384

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Ranch life, History, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, texas, Tascosa (tex.), Texas, social life and customs, Texas, biography
Places
Tascosa (Tex.), Tascosa, Texas
Times
19th century

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Table of Contents

Introduction : Tascosa: yesterday, today
1875-1876 : last buffalo, first sheep
Good men and bad : Henry Hoyt : el medico Colorado
1876-1877 : the coming of the longhorns
Good men and bad : Charles Emory : Squirrel Eye Charlie
Billy the Kid hits town
Good men and bad : Jim Kenedy : "he was a wild one"
1879-1880 : growing pains
Good men and bad : Selman and Long : the outlaw confederacy
Hunting Billy the Kid
Good men and bad : "Poker Tom" Emory : riding under a consumed name
1880-1882 : law and (some) order
Good men and bad : "Outlaw Bill" Moore : los muertos no hablan
1882-1883 : the beef bonanza
Good men and bad : Cape Willingham : "tough, fair and respected"
1882-1883 : the great cowboy strike
Good men and bad : Tom Harris : "I'm tired of this, put me away"
Rustlers vs. rangers
Good men and bad : Bill Gatlin : bad clear through
"Ill met by moonlight"
Good men and bad : the Animal and the Catfish Kid : "us fellows have to stick together"
1886-1890 : when troubles come?
Good men and bad : Jesse Jenkins : "he never owed a debt he didn't pay"
1887-1890 : the writing on the wall
Good men and bad : Charles Francis Rudolph : "it's sad to die young"
Here we quit you
Coda : Frenchy McCormick : "she was a ring-tailed tooter".

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Biography.

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Dewey Decimal Class
976.4/824
Library of Congress
F394.T17 N65 2007, F394.T17N65 2007

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
384

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OL17171569M
ISBN 10
0896726045
ISBN 13
9780896726048
LCCN
2006037486
OCLC/WorldCat
76262039
Library Thing
3605228
Goodreads
1140950

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