Funeral for Billy Beau Duncan Held in Fort Davis
Billy Beau Duncan 43 died by accidental gunshot April 5 1967 near Balmorhea. Funeral April 7 at Fort Davis Presbyterian Church with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. He served in World War II Marines and was county commissioner and Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association director. Survivors include wife son mother sister and brother.
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Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Billy Beau Duncan
Jeff Davis County
Fort Davis Presbyterian Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Pecos
Wilbur Medley
Harvey Adams
Duncan
Balmorhea
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Association
Billy Beau
Toyah
Toyahvale
John
Margaret) Fitzgerald
J.C. Duncan Jr
Camel Experiment At Fort Davis Marks Historic Return
In the postwar era report, visitors note the camel transport effort begun under Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. The 1856 1857 camel arrivals at Indianola and Camp Verde led Lt Beale and Lt Echols on surveys from Fort Defiance to the Colorado River. Camels carried about 35 pounds, averaged four miles per hour on open country, and six to seven miles daily with water every few days.
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Fort Davis National
Fort Davis
Jefferson Davis
John Pope
Lee
Davis
San Antonio
Santa Fe
Jeff Davis
Indianola
Camp Verde
E.F. Beale
Fort Defiance
Colorado River
John Floyd
Pecos
Rio Grande
William Echols
Fedrard L. Hartz
West Texas
Mojave
Rivona
California
Fort Daviski
Espy tops calf roping time at El Paso rodeo
J P Espy posted the best time of the Southwestern Livestock Show and Rodeo in El Paso with 14.1 seconds in calf roping. Lewis Jarrett won first in single cross bred lamb judging and Bill Matthews took second. Fort Davis attendees included multiple Espy and Evans relatives among others.
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Avalanche
J.P
Jim) Espy
el Paso
Lewis Jarrett
Bill Matthews
Fort Davis
J.P. Espy
Clay Espy
Worth Evans and Sons
J.W
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Hartz
Jimmy Jacobsen
Old Ft. Davis
Tom S. Redford
C.H. Bird
Bell
Valentine
Ralph J. Brandon
Frontier League
Reddy Kilowatt
Francois
Casner-Marfa
City Phar
Brewster Co
Mtrs
Foothills
McMillan
Bunting
Walter Vick
W. L
McMillan Shop
Foothills Food
Bunting Realtors
Francois Ins
Peyton
HAM
Green Goddess
Cala
Vocados
Seve
Pinto Beal
Florida
White House
E. Ave
Alpine
Daily Sun
Ramos Beauty Shop
Socorro K Ork
W. Ave
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