The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2008 (open access)

The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Dublin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 19, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

John Ringo, King of the Cowboys: His Life and Times From the Hoo Doo War to Tombstone

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Few names in the lore of western gunmen are as recognizable. Few lives of the most notorious are as little known. Romanticized and made legendary, John Ringo fought and killed for what he believed was right. As a teenager, Ringo was rushed into sudden adulthood when his father was killed tragically in the midst of the family's overland trek to California. As a young man he became embroiled in the blood feud turbulence of post-Reconstruction Texas. The Mason County “Hoo Doo” War in Texas began as a war over range rights, but it swiftly deteriorated into blood vengeance and spiraled out of control as the body count rose. In this charnel house Ringo gained a reputation as a dangerous gunfighter and man killer. He was proclaimed throughout the state as a daring leader, a desperate man, and a champion of the feud. Following incarceration for his role in the feud, Ringo was elected as a lawman in Mason County, the epicenter of the feud’s origin. The reputation he earned in Texas, further inflated by his willingness to shoot it out with Victorio’s raiders during a deadly confrontation in New Mexico, preceded him to Tombstone in territorial Arizona. Ringo became immersed …
Date: June 15, 2008
Creator: Johnson, David
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2008 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 12, 2008
Creator: Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008 (open access)

The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Wynnewood, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008 (open access)

Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Timpson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 2008
Creator: Alexander, Nancy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Irving Cumbie, June 18, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Irving Cumbie, June 18, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Irving Cumbie. Cumbie joined the Coast Guard in mid-1942 and was commissioned as ensign that December. He completed Quartermaster school. Cumbie was assigned to Key West, Florida to patrol the harbor and transport pilots out to merchant ships. In the summer of 1944 he completed amphibious school at Camp Bradford, Virginia. In October he served as communications officer aboard USS USS LST-886. In January of 1945 they began a 5-week trip for Ulithi to deliver a load of ammo and black powder. They restocked their ship with more ammunition in Guam, which they delivered to Iwo Jima. They continued traveling to Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa moving Seabee equipment, fog oil, and other supplies. Cumbie provides vivid details of their travels and his experiences. In September of 1945 they transported part of the Occupation Force to Japan. He was discharged in March of 1946.
Date: June 18, 2008
Creator: Cumbie, Irving
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 29, 2008 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 52, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 29, 2008

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 29, 2008
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 2008 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 176, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 25, 2008
Creator: Clements, Clifford E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2008 (open access)

The Wynnewood Gazette (Wynnewood, Okla.), Vol. 106, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 2008

Weekly newspaper from Wynnewood, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 66, Number 6, June 2008 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Volume 66, Number 6, June 2008

Magazine discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 2008 (open access)

The Express-Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Ed. 1 Sunday, June 8, 2008

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 8, 2008
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Warren Wilt, June 23, 2008 transcript

Oral History Interview with Warren Wilt, June 23, 2008

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Warren Wilt. Wilt was born on 5 November 1922 near Plevna, Kansas. Three of his brothers served in the military during World War II. He describes living on a Kansas farm during the Dust Bowl days in the 1920s and 1930s. Soon after enlisting in the Army in 1943, he was sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina to begin training as a paratrooper. In March 1944, he was assigned to a bazooka team with Company H, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. He describes participating in the Normandy invasion and tells of actions in which he was involved prior to being wounded. Following six months of hospitalization and recovery he returned to his unit and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. During this time he suffered from severe frostbite and was hospitalized. Upon being released from the hospital, he was assigned to the 713th Military Police Battalion. He was assigned to guard the residence of President Harry Truman when he attended the Potsdam Conference during July and August 1945. Following the surrender of Germany, Wilt returned to the United States and was discharged in December 1945.
Date: June 23, 2008
Creator: Wilt, Warren
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History