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    Image 1 of [Noah Armstrong] Range Lore Elizabeth Doyle San Angelo Texas n 7 cft ie RANGE LORE Page one Noah Armstrong Ex Texas Ranger and retired ranchman came with his parents from Lincoln County Missouri to Bell County Texas when he was only ORO year old My childhood says Mr Armstrong was spent on the open range with my father who owned the first horse ranch in Navarro...
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    Image 2 of [Noah Armstrong] Page two sneaking upon our horse camp at night Usually a few shots would frighten them away and we had only to be on guard on moonlight nights On one occasion my father was severely ill and had only the hired boy and me to put on guard Mother insisted that she take fathers two guns and go out with us but he would...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 3 of [Noah Armstrong] Page throe we presented our check it wasnt any good 4e were both just a couple of kids and didnt know anything else to do but start hoofing it in The Mexican had 350 and thought we could live always on that His lack of con cern was as provoking as our plight I didnt have a penny and was as mad as an...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 4 of [Noah Armstrong] Page four nothing had happened I was too disturbed to sleep though and as I lay tossing about trying to rest my weary bones I heard foot steps creeping up to us I sat up as two big ugly Indians came up and told me they were hungry and only wanted food I knew their manner too well to refuse them so I gave...
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    Image 5 of [Noah Armstrong] Page five upon a big plum thicket some ten or fifteen acres and us we went around it investigating as best we could we saw a new trail leading to the interior Ice were sure this was the place so we started single file down the long narrow path iihen we rode upon them a cousin and brother of the outlaw were making coffee...
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    Image 6 of [Noah Armstrong] Page six The other three boys were told to take their pris oners to jail while we got some conveyance to carry iAlsons body buck to Erath County for our reward We got a wagon and some harness and used our own horses al ternately on the long trip back Vie put the body in the wagon bed and piled mesquite bushes over him...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 7 of [Noah Armstrong] Page seven Stephenville turned the body over to the authorities and received our reward The state had offered 00000 while the citizens had donated 00000 and a section of land This Was rightfully divided and one of our boys Gus Young who fell hair to the land still lives on it and has done well On another occasion we were stationed at Double Mountain...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 8 of [Noah Armstrong] Page eight got within about forty yards of us he opened fire with winchester and we of course returned the fire at once Lie fell from his horsesran to the side of the road jerk ed off his boots and died almost immediately Le went on into town axle got the officers who returned with us and identified him as one of the Taylor...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 9 of [Noah Armstrong] Page nine month and Captain Sparks decided to go into Angelo cox got into the Sarg tiasworthy Saloon and all got to drinking and gambling Our boys seemed to lose heavier than usual but we considered it all in a days fun and made the dances that night In one place we were danc ing around and a negro soldier danced right into one...
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    Image 10 of [Noah Armstrong] Page ten horse never grew that he couldnt ride I have seen him ride am when I could hear Lis neck a poppin every jump and often wondered how he came off alive but he always did I had an old steel dust horse I always wanted him to try Be was the meanest horse I ever saw I finally traded him to a...
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    Image 11 of [Noah Armstrong] Page eleven much he decided to get in the lot and pet him He had not more than entered the pen when the bull made a fatal plunge at him ripping open his abdomen and gor ing him to death This was the first person ever buried in Coleman The doctor sold out everything and returned to ChicAgo 3ome fifteen or twenty years later...
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    Image 12 of [Noah Armstrong] Page twelve and he took their 450000 each and worked them nearly to death that year as common cowhands I knew Tom Ketchum when I saw him and while I was not too familiar with the details of his scrapes I have heard that he wasnt as bad as he was painted and that he was driven to some of the dark deeds which...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad
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    Image 13 of [Noah Armstrong] Page thirteen little tight roll of cotton which I carry in this car tridge hull is always dry and ready to light from the sparks so Im going down my last hill about as near like I would have it as most anyone I know My wife is dead and my children all marriedbut my turkeys chickens cows and sheep are good company and...
    • Contributor: Doyle, Elizabeth - Armstrong, Noad