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Texas histories and hard lessons from a storied era
The piece recalls Watt’s boom era survey work in a snowstorm near Ranger and a railroad stay in a boom town, the Ben Milam ghost of Texas independence, childhood memories from Doe Run Missouri, and a shop floor anecdote about a violent customer.
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W R. Watt
Southwestern Expositiors
Pat
Port Worth
Mairancher
Ranger
Watt
Texas
Ben Milam
Colonel Ben Milam
Kentucky
Milam
Leeege gigEthEathe
Old Ben
Ben
Coahuila
Santa Anna
Doe Run