Further information about
Land of the High Sky, Stories along the Rio Pecos

Chapters:

  1. Patrick Henry Wilson and Jim Miller
  2. Genora Vickers Wilson
  3. Francisco Aguirre
  4. Ranch Living
  5. Along The Rio Pecos
  6. Hiring Out
  7. In the Sierra Madre Mountains
  8. The Oil Fields of the Permian Basin
  9. In Search of Old Guns

Topic areas and historical figures mentioned include:  

                           

Jim Miller, Bud Frazer, Toyahville Texas, Eastland, Pecos Texas, Orient Hotel, Reeves County, Ward County, Fort Stockton, Chisos Mountains, Means & Evans Ranch, Ad & Plinky Topperwein, Harold Strong "Big Swede", Pecos Saddle Shop, Dr. Jim Camp, Sierra Madre Mountains, Smith & Wesson Collectors Association, John Wesley Hardin, Pancho Villa, Texas Rangers.

                           

Two pages of cattle brands along the Pecos River in West Texas and New Mexico.

                         

John H. Wilson was an honorary member of Company "E", Texas Rangers and a close friend with many Rangers of his day.  He was a charter member of the S&W Collectors Assn and his gun collecting was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, March 27, 1973.

                         
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