John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman: Lawman and Rancher

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JohnB.Armstrong,TexasRangerandPioneerRanchman Number Ten: Canseco-Keck History Series Jerry Thompson, General Editor JohnB.Armstrong, t e x a s r a n g e r a n d p i o n e e r r a n c h m a n Chuck Parsons Foreword by Tobin Armstrong Afterword by Elmer Kelton T E X A S A & M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S College Station Copyright © 2007 by Chuck Parsons Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Frontispiece: John B. Armstrong as a young man, probably in the mid-1870s. Courtesy Tobin Armstrong Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parsons, Chuck. John B. Armstrong : Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman / Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Tobin Armstrong ; afterword by Elmer Kelton. —1st ed. v. cm.—(Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 10) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-1-58544-553-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Armstrong, John B., 1850–1913. 2. Pioneers—Texas—Biography. 3. Ranchers—Texas—Biography. 4. Frontier and pioneer life—Texas. 5. Ranch life—Texas—History. 6. Texas Rangers—Biography. 7. Outlaws—Texas—History—19th century. 8. Crime—Texas—History—19th century. 9. Texas—History—1846 –1950. 10. Texas—Biography. I. Title. II. Series. f391.a73p37 2006 976.4⬘05092—dc22 [B] 2006011363 ⬁ 䊊 Armstrong [was] the big, handsome beau ideal of what a Texas Ranger should look like. He also turned out to be what a Texas Ranger should act like—he really loved a fight. —DIANE SOLETHER SMITH, The Armstrong Chronicle ...