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Frontier Fort Concho era recalls rough San Angelo fame
In Frontier Times a portrait of San Angelo’s rough beginnings at Fort Concho is sketched. It recalls wandering performers, stagecoach robberies, and quirky characters like Burris, the Fighting Parson, and famed saloon roisters, followed by a shift to law and order led by Sheriff Spears and early ministers.
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San
Italy
Rocky'’ Rivers
Mack
Molly
San Angelo
Hi Parris
Gallinger and
Rufe
Beau Brummel
Burris
Concho
John Gray
Gray
John
Pecos
Whytock
Tenterfoot
Fort Coneho
Rufe Burris
Austin
Pris
Frontier Tribunal of Law
Spears
Charcater
Gambell