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The Johnson-sims Feud: Romeo and Juliet, West Texas Style
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In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up Gladys and Ed on a ranch, and the young couple had two daughters. But Gladys was headstrong and willful, and Ed drank too much, and both sought affection outside their marriage. A nasty divorce ensued, and Gladys moved with her girls to her father’s luxurious ranch house, where she soon fell in love with famed Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. When Ed tried to take his daughters for a prearranged Christmas visit in 1916, Gladys and her brother Sid shot him dead on the Snyder square teeming with shoppers. One of the best lawyers in West Texas, Judge Cullen Higgins (son of the old feudist Pink Higgins) managed to win acquittal for both Gladys and Sid. In the tradition of Texas feudists since the 1840s, the Sims family sought revenge. Sims’ son-in-law, Gee McMeans, led an attack in Sweetwater and shot Billy Johnson’s bodyguard, Frank Hamer, twice, while Gladys—by now Mrs. Hamer—fired at another assassin. Hamer shot back, killed McMeans, and was no-billed on the spot by a grand …
Date:
August 15, 2010
Creator:
O'Neal, Bill
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coyote Wisdom
This volume contains popular folklore of Mexico and Texas, including animal folk stories, Navajo creation myths, discussions about folk characters, discussions about the philosophy of folklore, and other miscellaneous folk stories. The index begins on page 293.
Date:
1938
Creator:
Texas Folklore Society
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum engineering studies conducted in Texas and New Mexico. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
November 1936
Creator:
Carpenter, Charles B. & Hill, Harry Blackburn
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snyder]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 13, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Latest Texas news]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas based associated press new stories.
Date:
August 15, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A New Method of Determining Variations in Physical Properties of Oil in a Reservoir, with Application to the Scurry Reef Field, Scurry County, Texas
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over determining the properties of oil reserves. Details about the methods developed to determine these properties are presented. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date:
February 1955
Creator:
Cook, Alton B.; Spencer, G. B.; Bobrowski, F. P. & Chin, Tim
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attachment for Kitchen-Cabinets
Patent for an attachment for kitchen cabinets that has a mechanism for measuring out flour and other dry ingredients, a knife sharpener, and a breadboard.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
P'Pool, Frank E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes
Patent for a center-piece for buggy neck-yokes that strengthens the connection between the yoke and the tongue.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Stimson, Henry W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester
Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Sewalt, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scurry County
Blue line print of survey map of Scurry County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1921
Creator:
Hedick, J. D. & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Big Springs
Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date:
1954
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scurry Co.
Survey map of Scurry County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
February 19, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 2000 Group Photo Order Form]
Order form for group photos taken at the 2000 WASP reunion banquet.
Date:
2000
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scurry County Texas
Map shows railroads lines, township boundaries, block and tract numbers, and land ownership, primarily by the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company, for Scurry County and portions of adjacent counties. Includes advertisements for Scurry County Abstract Company and Snyder National Bank. Scale not given.
Date:
[1923..1933]
Creator:
R. M. Metcalfe Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 24, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 10, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 17, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 24, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 7, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 14, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Snyder Signal. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 5, 1911
Creator:
Barnes, E. B. & Hardy, J. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History