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A kansas native and korean war veteran, he attended the university of texas law school on the gi bill. Txdot alleges that the dont mess with texas slogan was used without permission or a license. Jess sweeten high sheriff of henderson county texas. This rare, out of print book is the biographical story of jess sweeten the youngest sheriff in texas history. It began with a phone call to henderson county sheriff jess sweeten in the spring of 1939 and what happened next was described in the allan sigvard lindquists 1961 biography jess sweeten texas lawman. Lindquists book is a poorly written and poorly organized portrayal of a dozen of the outstanding crimes, chiefly murders, solved by jess sweeten, the young, ironfisted, persevering sheriff of henderson county, texas, from 1929 to. The second century of the texas rangers,belongs on all readers western americana bookshelves, next to the best efforts of webb, dobie and prescott. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Beware the ranger, the lawmans apache moon, along came a ranger, and the sheriffs christmas angels.
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Signed by both sweeten and lindquist, more info on sweeten below from tsha. The life and times of sheriff jess sweeten by lawrence l. The life, history, and events of sheriff jess sweeten of henderson county, texas. Biography of a texas lawman, sweeten served as sheriff of henderson county from 19321954. Historical records and family trees related to jesse sprague. Honest, pragmatic and usually right, utleys actionpacked newest effort, lone star. He talks about his days as sheriff of henderson county, texas back in the thirties, and his running gun battle with the texas kid. The texas talking book program is justifiably proud its recording studio in austin. Sulfur had long since crystallized on the tabletops and along the edges of the floor, then gathered dust on that, and dirt on the dust. Dallas texas sheriffs department badge wall clockfree usa ship. Jess sweeten, texas lawman by allan sigvard lindquist.
One night together in a texas jailit was quite an introduction, but before sunrise, sheriff brace caulfield knew sarah murphy was a woman to match him in every way. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Jess sweeten, colorful henderson county sheriff and mayor of athens, was born on may 7, 1905, in enterprise, near stigler, indian territory now oklahoma, the son of john and nelle davis sweeten. A syndicated column in over 40 east texas newspapers. Hazel and the sheriff by dallas conn english hardcover book free shipping. Jess sweeten, texas lawman allan sigvard lindquist a biography of a legendary texas lawman.
On 16 november 1980, jess sweeten, colorful county sheriff and mayor of athens, texas, died. So states jess sweeten, a 6foot4inch texan, who served as the sheriff of henderson county for 20 years. Cynthia ann parker, abducted by comanche as a child, gave birth to the last and greatest comanche chief. Nancy sweeten has 223 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the overstory by richard powers. Apr, 2020 we at humanities texas were deeply saddened by the loss of j. Read download hendersons boys scorched earth pdf pdf. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The life and times of sheriff jess sweeten by lawrence melton jr. Mcdonald is director of the association and author of more than 20 books on texas. Police officer seth montgomery knows all about orderbut his world is thrown into chaos when he learns he has a fiveyearold son. Texas historical marker in front of the old henderson county jail at 201 e larkin st, athens, tx, providing some background on jess sweeten, an amazing lawman who hailed from nearby trinidad.
He went on to become one of the most famous texas sheriffs ever. This column is provided as a public service by the east texas historical association. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Read online hendersons boys scorched earth and download hendersons boys scorched earth book full in pdf formats. This printing was published by the naylor company, the puublishing house of the southwest, san antonio in 1961. Tales of the texas rangers, old time radio show, 500916 candy man. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Sweeten, jess the handbook of texas online texas state. Read more from jim hensons red book in imagination illustrated. Jess was considered the best money shooter in the state. In 1930 sweeten was appointed deputy constable at trinidad, texas, and the following year was promoted to deputy sheriff.