Cowboys

Texas cowboy encounters famous Comanche chief

By Murray Montgomery
  -   Staff WriterIn his book The Trail Drivers of Texas, J. Marvin Hunter compiled numerous handwritten biographical sketches that were submitted to him by men who had been on trail drives from Texas to railheads in Kansas and various other places.

The Civil War created cowboys with unbelievable adventures

BY MURRAY MONTGOMERY - STAFF WRITEROne of my favorite sources for information about cowboys is The Trail Drivers of Texas by J. Marvin Hunter. Many of the stories in this book would make a good script for a Clint Eastwood movie.

Wild Times in old McDade

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterMuch has been written over the years about the days of the outlaws in Texas and the citizens who opposed them during those wild times of the 1860s and 1870s.

Texas cowboy shared his memories of life on the trail

By Murray Montgomery Staff Writer It seems that every time I start researching material for this column, I think maybe I was born 100 years too late. Then I rethink all that because I really don’t figure I’m tough enough to have lived back then.

Cowboys come in all colors

There was a time back in the early 1980s when I sort of fancied myself a rodeo photographer. A big, nasty bull soon put an end to my macho ideas of working inside the arena; I bought a telephoto lens and stayed as far away as possible.