Marvels of the Texas Plains: Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock

Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-EYE" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough, all helped shape the colorful hi...