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Fort Concho Guarded Frontier Tales in San Angelo
From Frontier Times Ban dera Texas recalls early San Angelo days when saloon frolics attracted minstrel shows at New Olympic Theater. Outlaws like Rufe Burris jealously guarded routes while sheriffs and a reforming era tamed rowdiness. The piece chronicles riots tied to black soldiers, a Santa Fe celebration, and the city’s road from rough frontier camp to stable town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympic Theater
Henry Wambold
Pacific Coast
Wambold
Sheriff Spears
Italy
Casino Mack
Molly
San Angelo
Rufe Burris
Ballinger
Rufe
Beau Brummel
Burris
Concho
John Gray
Gray
John
Pecos
Whytock
Tenterfoot
First Order
Fort Conehe
Austin
Frontier Tribunal of Law
Spears
Charcater
Gambelr
Col
Sherman
Georgia
McCarty
Nimitz
Noel
Jmerson
San
Concho Country
West Texas