03364nam 2200745Ia 450 991081112890332120240410192225.01-299-05300-91-60344-496-3(CKB)2670000000079059(EBL)3037873(SSID)ssj0000531063(PQKBManifestationID)11344138(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531063(PQKBWorkID)10571109(PQKB)11604432(OCoLC)649860788(MiAaPQ)EBC3037873(MdBmJHUP)muse1130(Au-PeEL)EBL3037873(CaPaEBR)ebr10447188(CaONFJC)MIL436550(OCoLC)923700606(EXLCZ)99267000000007905920060407d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJohn B. Armstrong Texas Ranger and pioneer ranchman /Chuck Parsons ; foreword by Tobin Armstrong ; afterword by Elmer Kelton1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20071 online resource (169 p.)Canseco-Keck history series ;no. 10Description based upon print version of record.1-58544-553-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman""; ""Genesis of a Fighting Man""; ""Blood on the Palo Alto Prairie""; ""Gunfire at Las Cuevas""; ""Engagement at Espantosa Lake""; ""John King Fisher Again""; ""Facing the Man Killer""; ""Action in Round Rock""; ""Pioneer Ranchman""; ""Rancher Amid the Rails""; ""Afterword""; ""John B. Armstrong and the Travis Rifles""; ""Serving with McNelly""; ""Serving under Hall""; ""Texas Volunteer Guard""; ""Armstrong Family Tree""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""John B. Armstrong's arrest of notorious killer John Wesley Hardin assured Armstrong a place in history, but this Texas Ranger's story goes far beyond his most famous act, and until now, that story has never been told. In addition to his service in the Rangers' famed Frontier Battalion, he founded the Armstrong Ranch, an operation that remains active and important to this day. As Elmer Kelton notes, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas.".Canseco-Keck history series ;no. 10.CrimeTexasHistory19th centuryFrontier and pioneer lifeTexasOutlawsTexasHistory19th centuryPioneersTexasBiographyRanch lifeTexasHistoryRanchersTexasBiographyTexasBiographyTexasHistory1846-1950CrimeHistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeOutlawsHistoryPioneersRanch lifeHistory.Ranchers976.4/05092BParsons Chuck1607571MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811128903321John B. Armstrong3933921UNINA