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Texas Buffalo Hunter J J Beaver Recalls Plains Past
J J Beaver a Texas ranger and buffalo hunter recounts his life from 1874 to 1878. He recalls hunting on the North Concho River and Deep Creek near present San Angelo and Colorado City, the dangers of buffalo, and the vast, dwindling herds.
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Erteht
Southwest Magazine Co
Texas Plains
Callalen
Nueces County
J. J. Beaver
Texas Ranger
George W. Baylor
Frontier Battallion
Texas Rangers
Beaver
Tennessee
Mr. Beaver
Texas
Erath County
Brown County
McDiuced
North Concho River
San Angelo
Deep Creek
Colorado City
Mitchell County
Fort Griffin
Shackelford
Buffalo Gap
Taylor County
Hide Town
Snyder
Scurry County
Bath City
Stonewall County
Phil Sheridan
U. S. Army Department
San Antonio
Senate
House
Buffalo