Merry Christmas, Birdy. Pardon me for interrupting your story on Deaf Smith....I'm anxious as the next to hear about it.
But........ I know I've missed a page or two of this thread, so this feller may have been mentioned already:
Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881
That's a book out this year that I haven't read, but intend to.I learned of him because of a skirmish that happened close by my huntin' pasture where he had two men killed.
Now..................... back to Deaf Smith.First, though, a funny story:
A fella I know established an aircraft repair facility near Hereford and called it "Deaf Smith Aero".Our Spare Parts sales guy wasn't all that p on Texas History, or County names for that matter, ans always called his customer, "Ol Deef"!
My friend never corrected him.
