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Timothy Isaiah Courtright (c. 1845 – February 8, 1887), [1] also known as "Longhair Jim" or "Big Jim" Courtright, was an American Deputy Sheriff in Fort Worth, Texas from 1876 to 1879. In 1887, he was killed in a shootout with gambler and gunfighter Luke Short .
John Horton Slaughter with his shotgun Incorrectly identified as "Terry's Texas Rangers" in fact these were cowboys of John H. Slaughter; see [1]. John Horton Slaughter (October 2, 1841 – February 16, 1922), also known as Texas John Slaughter, was an American lawman, cowboy, poker player and rancher in the Southwestern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Fort Worth Fire Department said they arrived to find trash and waste inside the silo on fire. The were able to extinguish it quickly, but aren’t yet sure how the flames got started.
Walter Moses Burton (August 9, 1840 – June 4, 1913) was a farmer, sheriff, and Republican politician who served four terms in the Texas State Senate. Born into slavery in North Carolina in 1840, he was brought to Texas about 1850. His owner, Thomas Burke Burton, a plantation owner in Fort Bend County, taught him to read and write. After ...
The man is the sixth person who has died in the sheriff’s office’s custody in 2023. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
The gator was relocated to a nature preserve off Eagle Mountain Lake, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post. 🚨 More top stories from our newsroom: → Mayor calls Fort Worth ISD ...
With the 1946 election of Steve Guthrie as sheriff of Dallas County, Binion lost his fix with the local government and fled to Las Vegas, Nevada. [15] [16] Shortly afterward a long-running feud between Binion and Herbert Noble, a small-time Dallas gambler, boiled over when Noble refused to increase his payoff to Binion from 25 to 40 percent. [17]
Shelton purchased property in Fort Worth in the 1880s. [1] According to the Amarillo Globe-News, "by 1890, Shelton had accumulated between 1,500 and 2,000 cattle and began his Lazy J brand." [1] Shortly after, he purchased a ranch in Wheeler County, Texas, as well as rangeland in Wyoming and Montana. [2] He sold his Wheeler County ranch in the ...