Title: 31 /
Authors: Clayton, Lawrence, 1938-; Rodenberger, Lou Halsell.
Publisher: McWhiney Foundation Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Ranch life Texas Brazos River Valley Anecdotes.; Cowboys Texas Brazos River Valley History Anecdotes.; Folklore Texas Brazos River Valley.; Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Social life and customs Anecdotes.; Brazos River Valley (Tex.) Biography Anecdotes.; Shackelford County (Tex.) Social life and customs Anecdotes.; Throckmorton County (Tex.) Social life and customs Anecdotes.
Contents: Introduction: A scholar on horseback : the last gathering / by Lou Rodenberger -- Place as a source of focus : confessions of a regional writer -- The family saga -- Hard times at Griffin, as recalled by J.C. Irwin, Jr. -- A gunslinger confesses--and finally reveals the fate of John G. Irwin after more than 100 years -- The tales -- How Litt Perkins treats hides and makes leather goods -- Litt Perkins : leather worker, storyteller, and singer of songs -- Litt Perkins talks about snakes, skunks, cats, and sheepherders, or, How to spend a pleasant afternoon learning to make a bosal -- George Peacock, a cowboy in the folk tradition -- The Peacock brothers -- George Truett Self : cowboy and bronc rider -- Nig London, Throckmorton County cowman -- Cowboys keep the tradition of branding alive -- Helicopter cowboys -- The importance of collecting histories of Texas ranches -- The Brown Ranch : a family-run operation in Throckmorton County -- Chimney Creek Ranch : an historical account and personal view of a Shackelford County ranching heritage -- The Everett brothers and the Long X Ranch -- J.R. Webb, historian, author, archivist -- "Buckskin" Bowden recalls his frontier adventures with Bad Nell and Billy the Kid -- The return of Allison Dumas's horse -- Russell Young Gilbert, West Texas frontiersman and scout -- The death of Charley Rivers -- Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, Texas pioneer -- The saga of Stone Ranch -- Watkins Reynolds Matthews : rancher and historical preservationist -- The ice man comes to Ft. Griffin : an oral history from the 1930s -- The Fort Griffin fandangle -- A brief guide to some historic sites important to the Clear Fork of the Brazos River culture -- My last Christmas???? -- Biographical sketch of the author -- Appendix: Books by Lawrence Clayton.