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Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War
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Louisiana’s Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Originally a lawless buffer zone between Spain and the United States, its hardy residents formed tight-knit communities for protection and developed a reliance on self, kin, and neighbor. In the early 1900s, the timber boom sliced through the forests and disrupted these dense communities. Mill towns sprang up, and the promise of money lured land speculators, timber workers, unionists, and a host of other characters, such as the outlaw Leather Britches Smith. That moment continues to shape the place’s cultural consciousness, and people today fashion a lore connected to this time. In a fascinating exploration of the region, Keagan LeJeune unveils the legend of Leather Britches, paralleling the stages of the outlaw’s life to the Neutral Strip’s formation. LeJeune retells each stage of Smith’s life: his notorious past, his audacious deeds of robbery and even generosity, his rumored connection to a local union strike—the Grabow War—significant in the annals of labor history, and his eventual death. As the outlaw’s life vividly unfolds, Always for the Underdog also reveals the area’s history and cultural landscape. Often using the particulars of …
Date:
December 15, 2010
Creator:
LeJeune, Keagan
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 294, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1874
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1874
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 15, 1866
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1866
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1870
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1870
Creator:
Chew, J. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1862
Occasional supplementary publication to The Tri-Weekly Telegraph newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 15, 1866
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1866
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1863
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1863
Creator:
Cushing, E. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 122, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1865
Tri-weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1865
Creator:
Cushing, E. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1875
Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1875
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1876
Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 262, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1874
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1874
Creator:
McLure, E. C. & Bartholow, J. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1876
Creator:
Robson, G. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Die Wöchentliche Texas Post. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 15, 1872
Weekly German-language newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1872
Creator:
Dietzel, Oscar & Dietzel, Henry
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 61, Ed. 1, Monday, December 15, 1890
Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Camargo Comet. (Camargo, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Camargo, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1916
Creator:
Cain, R. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1881
Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1881
Creator:
Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1916
Weekly newspaper from Calumet, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1916
Creator:
Underwood, P. E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1899
Weekly newspaper from Abilene, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1899
Creator:
Shook, L. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore
Collection of folklore stories and personal anecdotes that relate to travel in Texas, grouped into broad topics that include historic and modern modes of transportation. Index starts on page 281.
Date:
December 15, 2007
Creator:
Untiedt, Kenneth L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
El Paso Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Seventh Year, No. 293, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1887
Daily newspaper from El Paso, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tecumseh Republican. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1899
Weekly newspaper from Tecumseh, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1899
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Grove Sun. (Grove, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Grove, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1911
Creator:
Butler, Orlando E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 271, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1930
Daily newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1930
Creator:
Blair, James R. & Vandivier, Davis O.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Stephenville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History