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By Bob McCullough

Celebrated Texas author, Mike Cox, has written more than 30 non-fiction books and hundreds of magazine articles, newspaper columns and essays.

Features

Local

Fort Worth’s Jacksboro Highway

Fort Worth earned a reputation as one of the rough and tumble towns in the…

Gentleman’s Gunslinger

Clay Allison claimed, “I never killed a man that didn’t need it.” Known as a…

Outlaw Will Carver Gunned Down in Streets of Sonora

Ever heard of the Wild Bunch? Sundance Kid? Butch Cassidy? In one of the most…

Plunge into History and Legend in Collingsworth County

As you are traveling on “The Last American Highway,” U.S. Highway 83, you cannot miss…

The History & Art of the Cowboy Bolo Tie

My father lived in Arizona for many years; when he died, he left me a…

Life

The History of Water Color in Texas

It’s a stretch, but if one thinks about the first watercolor paintings in Texas, one…

Albany’s Old Jail Art Center

Today, the Old Jail Art Center in Albany is known for names like Pablo Picasso,…

Serving Up History with Comfort Food

When planning a road trip during the 1920s, travelers had to do some careful planning. …

Comfortably Lodged

Be it a witty euphemism or a roundabout slap in the face, describing a county…

Billy the Kid Breakout Show

Billy the Kid was one of several aliases, but he was born Henry McCarty in1859. McCarty’s…

The Corn Maze at At’l Do Farms

I have spent most of my life actively avoiding being lost. I suppose it’s a…

Legacy

Far West Texas Lawman Carl C. Williams

Using the words of noted historian Lonn Taylor in his forward for retired sheriff Carl…

The Grand Slammer

Have you ever deliberately tried to spend a night in jail? And gladly paid for…

Horseback Outlaws of Texas

Early in 1869 an intense manhunt closed in on Cullen Montgomery Baker, a vicious desperado…