Indian Chief's Threat Tests Texas Jury in 1857 Trial
A Richardson University of Texas Library excerpt recalls the 1857 Jacksboro trial of Kiowa chiefs Santanta and Big Tree. Facing a packed court, Santanta warned of war if condemned, while the panel swiftly found them guilty amid broader frontier tensions and a presidential intervention.
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University of Texas Library
Texas
Jacksboro
Universe of Texas Library
Santanta
Big Tree
United States
W. T. Sherman
Kicking Bird
Tig Tree
Dackshore
Fort Sill
San San
Tehanna
Red River
White
North West Mounted Police Picture at Granada Theatre
Cecil B. DeMille’s Technicolor epic North West Mounted Police stars Gary Cooper Madeline Carroll and others in a Civil War era tale of Metis uprisings and mounted police action. The film parallelly follows a Texas ranger nurse subplot amid a backdrop of frontier law and peace efforts with references to Santanta and Big Tree.
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Gov
Mounted Police
Cecil B. DeMille
North West Mounted Police
Granada Theatre
Gary Cooper
Madeline Carroll
Paulette Goddard
Preston Foster
Robert Preston
Akin Tamiroff
Lynne Overman
George Bancroft
Lan Chaney
Walter Hampden
Canada
Texas
Santa Fe Speeds Up Freight Service to McCamey
Santa Fe railway inaugurates a faster freight schedule starting February 17 from the east to McCamey. The plan cuts delivery times for all merchandise shipments and carloads from Fort Worth Dallas Houston and beyond including Kansas City St Louis Chicago and points east. The move aims to boost McCamey’s freight access and growth prospects.
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McCamey
Santa Fe Railway
Fort Worth
Dallas
Houston
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chi Wo
Kicking Hog Kills Hog Killer With Killer's Knife
In Pueblo a hog indirectly caused the death of George Jerks a hog killer in a packing house Jerks hand was kicked by a hog while holding a knife and he fatally stabbed himself in the abdomen Four Toledo policemen seeking liquor fled when attacked by a pet bear at William Jacobs home
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Pueblo
Colo
George Jerks
Jerks
William Jacobs
Toledo
Old Sale Bill of 1850 Carries A Duke's Mixture
Fragmented sale notice and court record items show a 1850 sale in Kentucky with enslaved people listed by age and weight, followed by a 1947 Texan foreclosure notice in Brewster County. The mix includes sheriff notices, property abstracts, and a deer refuge report from Aransas.
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United States
Missouri
Harrisburg
Texas
Brewster
Exebreen
C. W. Barnett
District Court of
Tom Green Co
San Angelo National Bank
San Angelo
Cera
San
Tastl Ry Co
T&stl Ry Co
Tastl Ry
Tastlry Co
T&stlry Co
T—T&Stl Ry Co
TM Stl Ry Co
T&stl Ry
OTT
T& Stl Ry
SL Ry Co
Ta&stlry Co
W. L. Thomas
Alice Thomas
J. H. Thoma
Cora Lee Thomas
Court House
Brewster County
Alpine
Sal
J. H. ‘Thomas
Cora Las
Game Department
Aransas
South
Clarence Hord
T. F. Skevington
Thoroughly Tested Home Treatment Offered in City Stores
Ten years of research and thirty years of clinical use underpin a new home remedy positioned for throat sinus relief. The sales pitch claims continuous yearly improvements and widespread doctor endorsement, with offered drops branded to treat nasal and throat symptoms through a city retail channel.
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ST. Paul
Lawrence J. Lenertz
Farmers Union Livestock Company
Axel Witt
Racine
Wis
E. J. Davis
U. S
Texas State Penitentiary
Storey-Whiteside Lumber Co
Eto
West Texas
Thor
Jalmorhes
West
Wat Reynolds
Reynolds Ranch
Reynolds
Butch
Reynolds Bros
Jeff Davis
Hartley and
Ti ‘Gions
Kentucky
Santa Fe
Lts
Ariger
Scum Eerngeratan Amt
Niger
Money
W. H. Johnson
Bill Crawford
Joe Cooley
Amarill
Cnet Allele
First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
er—Feat
Sigsa and
Sy of
Selif Pa
Professional Directory
Otis Turner Real Estate—Insurance
Znone
N. 6Th St
J.W
Shepperd
Turner
P.O
T. A. Beard
Alan R. Fraser
Onilies, Ioland Hotel
Alpine , Texas
Mae M. Ament
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas
Mobileil
Crawford - Baines
Fire
Nentira Insurance
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