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Sam Bass and His Gang Introduction in Denton Texas
A historical narrative introduces Sam Bass and his outlaw gang with regional detail from Northern Texas and nearby counties. It covers Bass background from Indiana birth in 1851 to Denton Texas in 1872, noting illiteracy, early gambling and horse racing, and a key 1874 Denton Parker County race dispute that sparked his public notoriety and pursuit by Sheriff Egan and Bull Fry.
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Texas
Denon
Bass
Black Hills
J. W. Murphy
Murphy
Bass & Co
Allen
Hutchins
Eagle Ford
Sam Bass
Denton County
Round Rock
Lawrence County
Indiana
Mitchell
Daniel Bass
Sam
Jane Sheeks
David L. Sheeks
Sheeks
Charles Bhim
Denton
Rosedale
Mississippi
T. J. Egan
W. F. Egan
Villiany
W. I. Egan
Egan
Marcus Miller
Parker County
Marcus
Bull Fry
Fry
Justice of the Peace
Justice’s
Weatherford
Justice Court
District Court