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1883. (TV series) 1883 is an American Western drama miniseries created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 19, 2021, on Paramount+. The series stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen, and James Landry Hébert. The story is chronologically the first of several ...
Texas. The Servant Girl Annihilator, also known as the Midnight Assassin, was an unidentified American serial killer who preyed upon the city of Austin, Texas, in 1884 and 1885. [1] [2] [3] The sobriquet originated with the writer O. Henry. [4] The series of eight axe murders were referred to by contemporary sources as the Servant Girl Murders.
The Dodge City War was a bloodless conflict that took place between Luke Short and the Dodge City mayor, who tried to force Short to close the Long Branch Saloon and leave town. Luke called on several friends, including Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, who supported him during his confrontation from April 28 to June 7, 1883.
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,341 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 7 August 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
Timothy Isaiah Courtright (c. 1848 – 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. Before his death, people feared Courtright's reputation as a gunman, and he ...
Jun. 13—AUSTIN — Just more than a week after Governor Greg Abbott launched Texas' 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has captured the ...
v. t. e. The Porvenir massacre was an incident on January 28, 1918, outside the village of Porvenir, in Presidio County, Texas, in which Texas Rangers and local ranchers, with the support of U.S. Cavalry, killed 15 unarmed Mexican American boys and men. [1] : 64 The Texas Rangers Company B had been sent to the area to stop banditry after the ...
August 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested a man in Round Rock Wednesday after he was accused of raping a child and added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal ...