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Texana Links
Now that I look back at 1997 in my rear-view mirror, it's clear to see that I spent too much time browsing the web for Texana. Fortunately, because I had a faster modem and because of the explosion of worthwhile content, I spent more of my time actually downloading cool stuff and less time just trying to figure out what's out there. Still, I found myself returning to my favorite Texana bookmarks time and time again to see what's new. Here are my top Texana bookmarks of 1997:
WOLA (Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association)
http://www.flash.net/%7Epggreen/
This site features the biggest and baddest western myth-makers, including new information on the death of Texas Ranger Pat Garrett and the story of "Big Nose Kate."
Oklahombres
http://www.keytech.com/%7Edcordry/Index.html
This organization is devoted to grass roots research on all the famous and obscure outlaws and lawmen of the old west. Want to know the name of Wyatt Earp's first wife or John Wesley Hardin's favorite horse? These folks can tell you. Fascinating stories and cool links, too.
Wild West Show!
http://members.aol.com/thomask2/wildwestshow/wws1.html
Tall Texan author Thomas Knowles has one of the best and most entertaining wild west web sites in existence, with content that includes both high quality fact and fiction. Knowles is best known as the author of a book called Wild West Show, but his definitive new history of the Texas Rangers, They Rode for The Lone Star, will be published this year, just in time for the Rangers 175th anniversary.
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum
http://texasranger.org/index.htm
Check out this cool site for classic photos and graphics of lawmen, outlaws, and guns, including some that belonged to Billy the Kid and Bonnie and Clyde. And be sure to order some stuff from the museum shop, because the museum is funded solely through admissions, souvenir sales, and the kindness of friends. Traveling to Waco, where the museum is located, is an even better way to explore Ranger history. Plot your visit by following the links provided to other Waco sites, and tell 'em Texana Ranger sent you.
The Gunfighter Zone
http://www.gunfighter.com/hd_links.html
Not much original content here, but this site functions as a must-stop corral for links to western history, cowboys, gunfighter re-enactors, collectibles, etc.
Guidon Books
http://www.guidon.com
An Arizona bookstore that specializes in new, used and rare western history books. The book selection is pretty good, but the collection of links is out of this world.
Leon Metz
http://www.leonmetz.com
Leon lives in El Paso and writes the best books ever written on guys like John Wesley Hardin, John Selman, Pat Garrett, and other reknowned western characters.
Alamo de Parras
http://www.flash.net/%7Ealamo3/
A top-notch historical site that provides a comprehensive history -- beginning many years earlier than 1836 -- of Texas' best known landmark.
Lone Star Junction
http://www.lsjunction.com/
This is a great place to get a Texas factoid fix. Forget the name of the State Flower, the State Mammal? Want to download images of the Texas capitals that preceded the permanent one in Austin? Hankering to download the entire text of old and rare Texas history works? This is the place for all that and much, much more. Contains more links than a chain factory, too.
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