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The Lonesome Road (open access)

The Lonesome Road

A short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches (open access)

Madame Bo-Peep, of the Ranches

Short story set in Texas.
Date: June 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Georgia's Ruling (open access)

Georgia's Ruling

Short story about the General Land Office in Austin, Texas. Story was published while O. Henry was in prison in Columbus, Ohio.
Date: June 30, 1900
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Ghost of Chance (open access)

A Ghost of Chance

Short story about a ghost.
Date: January 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulger's Friend (open access)

Bulger's Friend

Short story about an old man who joins the Salvation Army.
Date: December 26, 1901
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rus in Urbe (open access)

Rus in Urbe

Short story about a press-agent in New York.
Date: August 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Municipal Report (open access)

A Municipal Report

Short story set in Nashville, Tennessee.
Date: November 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Snow Man (open access)

The Snow Man

Short story set in Colorado in the winter. "Editorial note.--Before the recent fatal illness of William Sydney Porter...this American master of short-story writing had begun for Hampton's Magazine the story printed below...When he realized that he could do no more...O. Henry told in detail the remainder of "The Snow Man" to Harris Merton Lyon..."
Date: August 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Whirligig of Life (open access)

The Whirligig of Life

Short story about a couple's divorce and remarriage.
Date: July 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (open access)

Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking

Short story about a "professional tramp" in New Orleans.
Date: December 1899
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Phonograph and the Graft (open access)

The Phonograph and the Graft

Story in which two grifters decide to introduce the phonograph to South America.
Date: February 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobin's Palm (open access)

Tobin's Palm

Short story about a boy who gets his palm read.
Date: August 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fourth in Salvador (open access)

The Fourth in Salvador

Short story about a man celebrating July Fourth in South America.
Date: July 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pimienta Pancakes (open access)

The Pimienta Pancakes

A cow camp cook tells a story about a pancake recipe.
Date: December 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Short Story About Election Votes] (open access)

[Short Story About Election Votes]

Short story regarding a bet made between a lawyer and a surgeon during a political race in Texas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Short Story About a Sickly Boy and a Kindly Native American] (open access)

[Short Story About a Sickly Boy and a Kindly Native American]

Short story regarding a sickly young boy named Johnnie who becomes healthier with the help of a Native American man named "Indian Joe" or "Indian Charlie."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Short Story About Two Farmers and the Transplantation of Corn] (open access)

[Short Story About Two Farmers and the Transplantation of Corn]

Short story regarding two farmers named Johnnie and Herman. Johnnie makes neophyte farmer Herman aware of the proper practices of raising corn.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Story of Lucian Talahasse Corwin] (open access)

[Story of Lucian Talahasse Corwin]

Story of the experiences of Lucian Talahasse Corwin's experiences at a Texas frontier cavalry outpost.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack Silver (open access)

Jack Silver

Story of the experiences of Jack Silver, an American soldier that was missing in action in France following World War I.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History