Pioneer Fortitude in Hamilton Texas Frontier Life
Ezekial and Nancy Manning moved to Texas in 1854 and settled near the Leon River at Hamilton. Lewis Manning recalls pioneer days with log cabin building, homemade clothing, and self reliance. Comanche raids, schoolhouse danger, and acts of bravery mark a vivid family memory of frontier life in the 1860s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fewis V. Manning
Hamiltton
Texas
Fort Worth
Ezekial
Nancy Manning
Missouri
Leon River
Hamilton
Pioneer
Lewis Manning
Hamilton Village
Hamilton County
Brazos
Waco
Mary Jane
Miss Whitney
Lewis
Jim Cole
Kuyendall
Mandy
Jim
Kuykendall
Mandy Howard
Baggett
Livingstone
Pearson
Paul Revere
Olivia Barbee
Mandy Witcher
Twin Mountain
Massingale
Anna Whitney
Old-Fashioned Fishing on the Brazos River Calvert TX
A 1930s style outdoor tale recounts a bass and perch fishing trip on the Little Brazos near Calvert Texas. Narrator and Bob Bush fish with cane poles and bait, land crappie, goggle-eye and a five pound bass, then camp for an old fashioned fish fry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazos River
Texas
Sterling P. Robertson
Little Brazos River
Walnut
Sandy
Calvert
Brazos
Bob Bush
Little Brazos
Big Brazos
Bob
Terra Firma
Sam
Coney Island
Maxwell House
Cole Younger as a Writer While in Prison
A 1933 feature profiles Cole Younger the outlaw turned writer. It notes his education and gentler sides while in Stillwater prison, cites his Mirror contributions, and highlights a piece titled Church Bells written as a life-prisoner reflecting on childhood and redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole Younger
Stillwater
Minn
the Mirror
Bella
Nore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Avenue I
The
Home Color Print Co
Gabriella
Miss Anna
Mandy Kuykendall
A Paul
Revere Ride
McGuffey
Gabriella Pearson
Mr. Barbee
By Austin Callan
Calvert, Texas
Jack
Jim Garbett
Béirigt