History Archives - Texas Hill Country

The Monster Who was Real: Judge Holden of Texas, Scalp-hunting Giant

In all of fiction, there is perhaps no more horrifying, monstrous character than Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy’s "Blood Meridian." Yet many readers will...
Cut and Shoot, Texas: King of Best Named Towns in the Lone Star State

Many locations across the great state of Texas boast extraordinary names. Nearly all of them boast great stories connected to their naming. Whether odd,...
Man in the Long Black Coat: Jim Miller, the Old West’s Deadliest Psycho

Deacon Jim Miller, the man in the long black coat, was the deadliest gunman of the Old West, though he never achieved the same...

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