A Walk Across Texas

Index

Page numbers in italics refer to photographs Abernathy, Jack, 24–25 Adair Hospital, 57 Adobe Walls (battle), 14 Aikman, William, 100 A. J. Slaton Farm, 73 Alanreed (TX), 47 Albany (TX), 98–100, 107 Alexander, Barbara, 46–47 Allen, Norman, 13 Allen, W. A., 50 All Saints Episcopal Church, 130 alpacas, 92–93 Alter, Judy, 76 Alvarado, Hernando de, 29–30 Anderson, Thomas M., 72 Anderson’s Fort, 72 Anson (TX), 94, 98 antlers (steel), 101–102, 102 Apaches, 46 Apple Hill, 15 Arapahos, 14 archeological excavations, 19–21 Archer City (TX), 8 Arneson, Bill, 126 Arneson, Helen, 126 Arthur, W. B. (Bill), 74 AU Golden Alpaca Ranch, 92 Baker, T. Lindsay, 18, 84, 112 Baker Hotel, 115 Baker’s Church, 106 bars. See restaurants, bars, and cafés Baugh, Sammy, 87–88 Bear (dog), 128, 129, 136 Becker, Claire, 84 Bellamy, Bob, 117, 125–126 Bickley, David, 64 Billeaudeaux, Brian, 113 Bill Pup (dog), 93    INDEX Bird, James Thomas, 73 Blagg, Margaret, 99 Blankenship, J. D., 66 Blankenship, Ted, 100 blisters, 85, 101, 110 Bob’s Oil Well, 69, 70 Bob Wills Museum, 60 Bomar, Bill, 99 Brazos River, 2, 136 Breckenridge (TX), 108 Breckenridge American, 108 Bridges Over the Brazos (McConal), 2, 74, 112 Brosowske, Scott, 19–20 Brown, Buster, 134 Browning, Sleepy, 83 Brownwood (TX), 108 Buchanan, James, 107 Buchanan County (TX), 107 buffalo, 24, 97 Burns, Jan, 97 Byer, Bob, 17 Cabot, Godfrey L., 34 cactus fruit, prickly pear, 103 Caddo Indians, 103 cafés. See restaurants, bars, and cafés Callan, Larry, 88–89 Campbell, Elizabeth Bundy, 71 Campbell, Henry H., 71 Caprock Canyons State Park, 63–64, 64 carbon black, 111 Carhart, Lewis Henry, 50, 57 Carson, Bill, 51 Carson, Juanell, 51, 52 Casner brothers, 56 Castenada, Pedro de, 34 cemeteries, 50, 94, 120, 121 Charles Goodnight Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, 57 148 A WA L K A C R O S S TEXAS Chavas Bar, 12 Cheyenne, 14 Chimney Creek Ranch, 98 church at Springer Gap and Dodson Prairie, 119, 120 Church of St. John the Baptist, 56 churches All Saints Episcopal Church, 130 Baker’s Church, 106 church at Springer Gap and Dodson Prairie, 119, 120 Church of St. John the Baptist, 56 Neinda Baptist Church, 93 Trinity Episcopal Church, 105 Clairemont (TX), 83–84 Clarendon (TX), 47, 50–51, 52–53, 56–57 Clarendon Chronicle, 57 Clarendon Junior College, 51 Clarendon News, 57 Clarke, Doug, 10, 26 Clarke, Zach, 10 Clay, Seth, 81 Clemons, Basil, 108 Cleo (dog), 8, 129 Cleveland, Sam, 121–122 Comanche Peak, 131 Comanches, 46, 63, 72, 78 Cook, Matilda, 102 Cook, William Ivy, 102 Cook Ranch Oil Field, 102 Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 29–30, 34, 45 Coronado Expedition, 29–30, 34 Courson, Harold, 19 Courson, Rick, 19 Courson Oil and Natural Gas Association, 20 Coverdale, James, 14, 19, 19 cow calling, 46–47 Cox, Sharon, 1–2 Craig, Horace (Chief), 9 Crazy Water Hotel, 115 Crazy Woman’s Well, 125 cross (in Groom), 38, 40–42, 41 Croton Brakes, 72–73, 78 Croton Camp, 78 Delucchi, Marsha, 50 Delucchi, Phil, 50 Dickens (TX), 69, 73 Dickens County (TX), 6, 69, 72, 74 dinosaur (steel), 10 Dixie Dog, 76 Dodson Prairie (TX), 119 Dodson Prairie Cemetery, 120, 121 dogs Bear, 128, 129, 136 Bill Pup, 93 Cleo, 8, 129 Isaac, 128, 129, 136 Lizzie, 81 Mattie, 8 Napoleon, 38 Tige, 134 Dolan, George, 50 Donham, Rosemary, 86–88 Double Mountain Fork (of the Brazos River), 136 Dulle, Joseph K., 60 Dumont, Arrie Ella Elgar, 73 Duvall, Robert, 55 Eidson, Mark, 134–135 Eidson, Marti, 129 Eidson, Sarah, 134–135 Eidson, Stephanie, 128, 129, 133, 134–135 Elder, Carol, 126 Elder, Scott, 126 Eldridge Post Office, 42 Elkens, Jessica, 94 Ellzey, Sharon, 17 El Turco, 29–30 empty sites, 119 Ensminger, Charles, 18 Ensminger, John, 18 Erickson, John, 23–24 Espinosa, Leslie D., 47 Estacado, Llano, 73 Estlack, Ashlee, 57–58 Estlack, Roger A., 57–58 149 IN D E X eyebrow grass, 90 “Faded Love” (song), 60 Fall Mesquite Daze, 94 Famous Water Company, 125–126 Fandangle (musical), 99 First National Bank (Jayton), 81–82 Fisher, Samuel Rhoads, 93 Flournoy, George G., 98 Fluff-N-Fold Laundromat, 125 football, 90, 94, 100, 108 Fort Phantom Hill, 98 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1–2, 8, 9, 30 Freedom Museum USA, 42 Fry, Hayden, 21 Fryer, Lake, 21 Garner Store and Café, 125 Garnett Hotel, 82...