A biography of the Texas cowboy who was one of the first permanent settlers of the Texas Panhandle.

The fascinating account of the Jones family is just one example of the stories of many families who settled the West, many of whom found their place and did not move further west as the Jones family did.

Tom Chantry wore no gun and wished no man harm. French Williams was a ruthless cattleman more than willing to use his weapon. But Tom needed Williams to help him drive a herd north to Dodge. Setting off together on a trail alive with danger, soft-spoken Chantry and hard-bitten Williams faced storms, treachery, and Indian attacks. Now the man some call a coward and the man many call a killer have no choice but to trust each other with their lives--for...

Boggsville was one of the first permanent settlements in Colorados Arkansas Valley. Established as a ranch sometime around 1862 by Thomas O. Boggs and his wife, Rumalda Luna Boggs, the site was part of the Vigil & St. Vrain/Las Animas Mexican land grant. Boggs acquired the land, over 2,000 acres, through his wife, who was the stepdaughter of Charles Bent, proprietor of Bents Fort and the first Governor of New Mexico after the Mexican American War....

Discusses the life of the cowboy on the range and on the trail, from the frontier days of the West to the present. Discusses the life of the cowboy on the range and on the trail, from the frontier days in the West to the present.

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