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Texas Myths?! Texas Myths?!
What ya'll a doin here? Are
ya'll a native Texan? Don't lie now?!
ALL native Texans know there ain't no such thang as a Texas
Myth... |
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THEY'RE ALL
TRUE! |
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Why even the legendary storee 'bout Billy the
Kid livin' 'til he died in 1950's in Hico, Texas has
been proven true! Read the Story in the adjacent column. |
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And What about Judge Roy Bean?
He's real too! Born 1827 - Died March 16, 1903.
"The Law West of The Pecos!" |
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 The Jersey Lilly |
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The Judge's Grave is located at the
Whitehead Memorial Museum at
1308 South Main Street ~
Del Rio, Texas 78840
(830) 774-7568 |
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John Wesley
Hardin was born May 26, 1853, in Bonham, Texas. He was so
mean he once shot a man just for snoring. Hardin was shot to
death in El Paso on August 19, 1895, by a man he had hired to
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Clyde Barrow was born March 24, 1909, near
Telico, TX.
Bonnie Parker was born on October 1, 1910,
in Rowena, Texas. They were gunned down together May 23,
1934 Black Lake, Louisiana. At 9:15 AM. |
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The
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By Bonnie Parker (1934)
You've read the story of Jesse James--
Of how he lived and died;
If you're still in need
Of something to read
Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Now Bonnie & Clyde are the Barrow gang.
I'm sure you all have read
How they rob and steal
And those who squeal
Are usually found dying or dead.
There's lots of untruths to these write-ups;
They're not so ruthless as that;
Their nature is raw;
They hate the law--
The stool pigeons, spotters, and rats.
They call them cold-blooded killers;
They say they are heartless and mean;
But I say this with pride,
That I once knew Clyde
When he was honest and upright and clean.
But the laws fooled around,
Kept taking him down
And locking him up in a cell,
Till he said to me,
"I'll never be free,
So I'll meet a few of them in hell."
The road was so dimly lighted;
There were no highway signs to guide;
But they made up their minds
If all roads were blind,
They wouldn't give up till they died.
The road gets dimmer and dimmer;
Sometimes you can hardly see;
But it's fight, man to man,
And do all you can,
For they know they can never be free.
From heart-break some people have suffered;
From weariness some people have died;
But take it all in all,
Our troubles are small
Till we get like Bonnie and Clyde.
If a policeman is killed in Dallas,
And they have no clue or guide;
If they can't find a fiend,
They just wipe their slate clean
And hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.
There's two crimes committed in America
Not accredited to the Barrow mob;
They had no hand
In the kidnap demand,
Nor the Kansas City Depot job.
A newsboy once said to his buddy:
"I wish old Clyde would get jumped;
In these awful hard times
We'd make a few dimes
If five or six cops would get bumped."
The police haven't got the report yet,
But Clyde called me up today;
He said, "Don't start any fights--
We aren't working nights--
We're joining the NRA."
From Irving to West Dallas viaduct
Is known as the Great Divide,
Where the women are kin,
And the men are men,
And they won't "stool" on Bonnie and Clyde.
If they try to act like citizens
And rent them a nice little flat,
About the third night
They're invited to fight
By a sub-gun's rat-tat-tat.
They don't think they're too smart or desperate,
They know that the law always wins;
They've been shot at before,
But they do not ignore
That death is the wages of sin.
Some day they'll go down together;
They'll bury them side by side;
To few it'll be grief--
To the law a relief--
But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde.
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Welcome to Our Legend
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By Bob Hefner |
In 1950, an El Paso reporter recorded an interview
with Mrs. Mardle Ables, she was quoted having said that she had seen
and talked to Billy the Kid the day before. She further
stated that he was living under the alias of Ollie Roberts,
nicknamed Brushy Bill.
Thus began one of the great mysteries of the
American west. Could this infamous man, reputed to be one of the
worst outlaw killers sworn dead and buried since 1881, have survived
until 1950?
Could this be the
beginning of the greatest hoax ever played on the American people?
In 1955, a book titled "Alias Billy the Kid"
was published about the life of Ollie (Brushy Bill) Roberts. It
established his claim to being the notorious Billy the Kid. His
claim was written so one and all could understand. Nothing was
withheld or hidden. The story caused a great deal of denial and
controversy, even though in 1955, it would have been easy to prove
or disproved as some of the key players were still alive.
Contemporary writers and historians alike dismissed it out of hand
or ignored it completely.
I became interested in the story 30 years later,
somewhat by accident. A souvenir booklet I printed in honor of
Hico's 100 Old Settler's Reunion was a synopsis of Brushy's story.
The booklet attracted national attention and introduced me to some
people and information that got me involved. From that time I knew I
must see this to the end. I felt somehow responsible to solve this
mystery, whether it prove or disprove Brushy's story, once and for
all.
One of the people I met was William Tunstall of
Roswell, New Mexico. I found that he was involved in doing the very
thing I intended to do. Together we have fulfilled our ambitions. I
readily acknowledge that it was split 80-20 with me doing the 20,
(or less) however, the two parts completed the whole. We now have
the evidence, and can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Old
Brushy was Billy the Kid.
Like Brushy, we have written it all down. Nothing
is hidden, implied, assumed or supposed. Tunstall's book "Billy
the Kid and Me Were the Same" is out of print as is "Alias
Billy the Kid". My book, "The Trial of
Billy the Kid" was written before the final work was
complete therefore a final work was necessary. I am proud to say
that this has now been done. Working with Dr. Jannay Valdez (80-20
again), we have published "Billy the Kid
Killed in New Mexico - Died in Texas." It will be
available April 1, 1995, it solves the mystery that began in
1950.
As you read this special supplement to The Hico
News Review you may be sure that it is about a special person in our
history. No, not just an outlaw, not a wanton killer instead it is
about a man that fought for justice the only way he knew how. It is
about a man that led a life almost too full to be written about. It
is about a man that publicly confessed his wrongs because he wanted
" to meet my maker with all things corrected".
Enjoy these stories about Brushy Bill Roberts who
was indeed Billy the Kid. A part of our history, a part of Hico.
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"This
is as good a day to die as any."
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Cherokee Bill, March 17, 1896, as he
stepped into the courtyard at Fort Smith & saw the gallows.
Born at Fort Concho, Texas, on Feb. 8, 1876. Dead at 20 yrs old. |
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Jesse
James
Born Sept. 5, 1847.
Murdered by Robert Ford Apr. 3, 1882. or was he? NOPE! he
died of natural causes in 1952 at the age of 104 in
Granbury, Texas. He lived out his life as
J. Frank Dalton. His Headstone reads "CSA Jesse Woodson
James. Sept. 5, 1847-Aug.15, 1951. Supposedly killed in 1882." |
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Lincoln's assassin,
John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865?), tended bar at a
Granbury,
Texas saloon long after he was officially dead, as John
St. Helen, who confessed to the capital crime in the late 1870s.
After escaping the Feds with the help of his co-conspirators, he
made his way to Texas through a sympathetic South. He is not
buried here, because after his death, St. Helen was mummified
and displayed in traveling shows until 1972, when the mummy
vanished. |
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