Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy

CONTENTS

CONTENTS Foreword, by Bryan Woolley : XI Introduction : XIII I. TEXAS PAST I. Fort Davis: Plaza or Square? : 3 2. Los Ciboleros in the Panhandle : 7 3. The Paynes, Black Seminole Cowboys : 10 4. "An Unfortunate Admixture of African Blood" : 13 5. Heat, Dust, and Boredom: 16 6. The Epic of Henry O. Flipper: 20 7. Charlie Siringo and the Pinkertons : 24 8. Noah Smithwick, Blacksmith and Memoirist: 27 9. Teddy Roosevelt in Texas : 30 10. The Liar's Skill: 34 II. Sam Bass Was Born in Indiana: 38 12. Mul' Grande Rifles :42 13. The Texas Signers : 46 14. The Villain of San Jacinto : 50 15. Ferdinand Lindheimer, Frontier Journalist: 54 16. Real Cowboys Don't Have Time to Sing : 58 17. Roy W. Aldrich, the Erudite Ranger: 62 18. Wigfall Van Sickle, the Sage ofAlpine : 65 19. The Mexican Revolution in Texas : 68 20. How Leighton Knipe Left His Mark on Marfa: 71 21. The Dead Man's Springs: 74 22. Jack Hoxie and Hollywood in Fort Davis : 78 23. Stanley Marcus, Civilized Texan: 82 II.TEXA S FAMILY 24. Family Sagas: 87 25. My Grandmother Taylor: 90 26. Uncle Will : 94 27. Aunt Bessie : 98 28. My Dead Grandfather: 102 III.TEXA S PRESENT 29. Fort Worth Bars : 109 30. Beatniks on Camp Bowie Boulevard: 112 31. WillowWay: 116 32. Joe Frantz, Raconteur: 119 33. The San Antonio River Walk: 122 34. Texas-German Christmases : 125 35. Bill Dodson, Candelillero: 128 36. Luis Jimenez, Artist in Fiberglass : 131 37. Desert Rain: 134 38. Forty-Two : 137 39. King William Street: 140 40. Tigie Lancaster's Mules : 144 41. The Seven Timmermann Sisters : 147 42. Czechs and Polkas : 151 43. Fayette County Fourth of July : 155 44. Billy D. Peiser, El Indio : 159 45. The Paisano : 162 46. Rube Evans and Polo : 166 47. Bear Cages and Santafees : 170 48. Two Jumps and Old Folks : 174 49. Homy Toads : 178 50. They Didn't Take Paper Money During the Revolution: 182 51. "Texas, Our Texas" and Other State Symbols : 186 52. Too Many Bluebonnets : 190 53. Our Town: 194 About the Author : 199 ...