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Interested in obtaining books or booklets
containing information about Frio County History and Families? These
could be helpful to those of you who are descendants of families that lived
in Frio County long ago, but live too far away to access this information
at the local Pearsall library.
| The booklet, "Frio County,
Texas - A History" (148 pages), costs $16.00 (plus shipping costs), and contains
mostly "family" history. The booklet, "Historic Frio County,
1871-1971" (80 pages), costs $13.00. (plus shipping costs), and contains
mostly County history. Check the following indexes to see the families mentioned
in the $16.00 book. (Index A - L)
(Index M - Z). If interested e-mail
the
Pearsall Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce phone number is: (830) 334-9414. |
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| If you are interested
in obtaining the book From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents: Rough Times on the Frio
by Frances Bramlette Farris, try
Barnes and Noble
or
Amazon.com. |
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| In 1869, sixteen-year-old Charley Hester
ran away from home in Illinois and headed for Texas. Eventually he made
his way to Frio County, where he spent time working on the Hiler Ranch and
the Woodward and Oge Ranch. In the 1930s, Warner Brothers used Hester as
an adviser during the course of filming the movie Dodge City, starring Errol
Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland. Shortly before he died in 1940, Hester dictated
a detailed memoir of his adventures as a cowboy, which is now being published
into a book titled The True Life Wild West
Memoir of a Bush-Popping Cow Waddy. In this memoir, in-depth profiles are provided of Frio County's Caven Woodward, Louis Oge, and William S. Hiler (Hester complimented the
man he respectfully referred to as "Mr. Hiler" for having "worked hard and
rode far"). For more information on this book, which one reviewer has claimed
to be "fast paced, easy to read, full of good humor." Try
Nebraska
Press if you're interested in purchasing this book containing a bit
of Frio County Ranching History. |
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| Early Settlers and
Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas by A. J. Sowell, first published in 1900
has a good article about Big Foot Wallace. To find a copy, check used
booksellers and the internet (Alibris
&
Abe Books are two of my favorites). |
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| The Trail Drivers
of Texas by Marvin J Hunter contains stories about W.A. Roberts of
Frio Town and W.S. Franks, George F. Hindus, W.F. Cude, George F. Hindes, J.B.C.
Harkness & W.E. Thompson of Pearsall. Published by
University of Texas
Press in 1985. |
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| Captain C. B. McKinney: The Law in South
Texas by Churck Parsons with Gary P. Fitterer contains stories
about Charles Brown McKinney, Texas Ranger, and La Salle, Dimmit and Frio
Counties. |
TXGenWeb,
Frio County - Books
updated on
04/19/2006
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