Fort Worth Characters

Index

277 INDeX A Acre, The. See Hell’s Half-acre Adobe Walls, Battle of – 157, 170 Al Hayne Lodge of the Coming Men of America – 105 Al Hayne Triangle – 105 Allison, Dr. Wilmer – 201 Alvarado, Texas – 49 American Valley Cattle Company – 40 Anderson, Richard H. – 23 Anderson, William “Bloody Bill” – 70 Armour & Co. See meat-packing plants (Fort Worth) “Army of Observation” – 12–13 Arnold, Catherine – 4 (picture), 9–10, 12–13, 15–17, 19, 21, 24, 26–27, 29 pension fight – 26–27, 239 n. 42 Arnold, Florida Belle – 10, 27 Arnold, Kate (Kate Arnold Parker) – 12, 27, 29 pension fight – 27 Arnold, Nancy Chinn – 6 Arnold, Nannie – 27 Arnold, Ripley Allen – 4 (picture), 5 brevets – 14–15, 17, 29 cadet – 7 courts-martial – 6, 7, 13, 18 disciplinarian – 20, 22 drinking habit – 9 grave – 11 (picture) housing project – 29 legal problems – 20 memorial – 28–29 murder of – 23, 24–25 pay – 19 reinterment – 26 Arnold, Sophia (Sophie) – 16, 21 grave – 11 (picture) Arnold, Willis (son) – 9–10, 21 grave – 11 (picture) Arnold, Willis H. (father) – 6, 11–12 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway – 93 Austin, Texas – 104 B Banks, Miss Velma – 209 Bann, Dick – 137 Baskin, Dodge, and Eastus law firm – 199, 200, 201 Baton Rouge, Louisiana – 12 Battle of Big Hummock – 10, 12 Battle of Buttermilk Junction – 50-53 Beauregard, Pierre Gustav Toutant – 8 “Benny Havens, Oh!” – 7, 236 n. 5 Beckham, R. E. – 42, 49, 69, 76, 85–86, 233 Beebe, Pearl – 206, 216 Belmont, Josie (madam) – 206 Bennett, John M. – 105 Benny Havens’ tavern – 7 Billy the Kid – 82 Bingham, Thomas – 23 Birdsong, A. C. – 153 Birdville, Texas – 152 Bishop, Dock – 42 “Black and Tan” alliance – 139, 144 Bomford, J. V. – 21 Bragg, Sol – 63 Brazos River – 19 Broadway Baptist Church – 81 Index / 278 Broiles, Henry S. – 74, 75 (picture), 86, 233 relationship with Sam Farmer – 74 Brown, John T. – 85 Brown, Marvin H. – 199, 200–201, 202 Bryant, Catherine (Mrs. Ripley Arnold) – 8 Bryant, Thomas – 8 Buck, R. H. – 199 Bull, Charley – 55 Bureau of Indian Affairs – 158, 160 Burford, John – 39 Burnett, Samuel Burk – 149, 161 (picture), 158, 159, 163, 167 Burnett, Tom – 161 Burris, Jim. See Toots, Jim C Cabano, Manny – 203 Cache, Oklahoma – 153, 173 Caddo Indians – 20 Caldwell, Kansas – 39, 58 Call, E. O. – 105 Callaway, Oscar – 235 Cameron, Miss Ruth – 209 Camp Bowie – 179 Camp Cooper, Texas – 152 Camp Inge, Texas – 5, 16 Camp Thornton, Texas – 5, 16–17 Camp Worth [sic] – 28 Capps, William – 43 Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania – 16 Carlock, R. L. – 137 Casey & Swasey liquor distributors – 95 Cassidy, Butch – 169, 173, 204 Cattle Exchange Saloon – 212 Castle Garden (New York) – 89, 205 certificates of merit (Mexican War) – 16 Chicago, Illinois – 93–94 Childress, James – 146 cholera epidemic – 17 City-County Hospital (Fort Worth) – 179, 262 n. 9 Clark, George D. – 93 Clark, Miss Kittie – 210 Clark, Sterling P. – 148 Clear Fork. See Trinity River Clements, Pearl – 79–80, 87 Clifton, Mildred (madam) – 209 Comanche tribe – 20 “Comancheria” – 151, 173 Coming Men of America – 105 Connelley, John A. – 184 Cook, Emma – 65–66 Cook, Robert – 65–66 Corning, A. F. – 150, 152, 173 coroner, coroner’s inquest – 56, 110– 111, 115, 166 Corpus Christi, Texas – 12–14 Corsicana, Texas – 105 Cotton Belt Railway – 206 Courtright, Betty (Sarah Elizabeth Weeks) – 32, 41, 56 Courtright, James (son) – 32, 57 Courthright, John (son) – 32 Courtright, Mary Ellen (daughter) – 32, 56 Courtright, Timothy Isaiah (“Longhair Jim”) – 32 (picture), 33 (picture), 67, 72, 84, 85 as “regulator” – 40 “Battle of Buttermilk Junction” – 50–51, 54 birth – 31 Civil War service – 31–32 Courtright-Short shootout – 55–56 deputy sheriff – 47, 57 deputy U.S. Marshal – 36, 58 drinking – 54, 57, 82 elections and campaigns – 34, 36, 38–39, 67–69, 82 escape from Fort Worth – 45–46 funeral – 56–57 gambling – 38–39, 57 gunfights – 35 Index / 279 hairstyle – 33 Lake Valley murders – 40 marriage – 31 mastery with six-guns – 35 New Mexico legal troubles – 40–47 physical handicap – 35 railroad strike of 1886 – 49–52 relationship with Sam Farmer – 38 T. I. C. Detective Agency – 41, 47, 54 Crane, Charles M. – 222 Crazy Horse – 172 Culberson, James – 225 Cummins, George W. – 179 D Daggett, E. B. – 75 Daggett, Ephraim “Bud” – 131–133, 137, 207 Daggett, Ephraim Merrell – 75, 131, 132 (picture), 133, 207 death of – 136 “Father of Fort Worth” – 207 relationship with former slaves – 133 Daggett, Hester – 136, 139...