The Texas Panhandle was occupied by the nomadic Southern Plains Indians until just after the Civil War. The Spanish claimed the area first, followed by the United States and then the Republic of Texas. However, they had not considered the Indians claim and the result was often hostile conflicts when the early Spanish and European-American …
Who was Red Buck and did he really have any money to hide? Three years after his escape from the train that was taking him to prison in 1890, he is a recognized member of Bob Doolin’s “Wild Bunch” outlaw gang. His first noted recognition was in the shootout with Federal Deputy Marshals at Ingalls, …
I remember traveling from Erick, Oklahoma to Mangum, Oklahoma with my parents back in the 60’s. We would go through Delhi, a little community off Highway 283 south of Sayre. On those frequent trips there were two locations that caught my attention. One was the old town site of Brinkman just West and South of …