"Texas" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... herding ground four hundred miles wide, east and west, and a thousand miles north and south, covered with buffalo grass, especially toward the north, that made good stock feed the year around. He himself had, in winter, followed a herd that drifted from Montana to Texas; and in summer he had twice ranged from ...
— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson
... them little or nothing; but in the aggregate they had gathered in a pretty good sum during the season, and they decided that they were pretty well paid for their return to Wall Street; so they finally decided to go back down into Texas to look after their new ranch and try to add another thousand head of cattle to ...
— Fred Fearnot's New Ranch - and How He and Terry Managed It • Hal Standish
... said Dell, jumping at the opportunity. He had admired the horses and heavy Texas saddles the evening previous, and now that a chance presented itself, his eyes danced at the prospect. "Why, I can follow a dim wagon track," he added. "Joel and I used to go halfway to the divide, to meet pa when he bought us ...
— Wells Brothers • Andy Adams
... Macon a few days, when we received orders to send out scouts in every direction to apprehend Jeff. Davis who was trying to make his way into Texas, whereupon our brigade, under Gen. Alexander, moved north to Atlanta, Ga. From this point we sent out a scouting party under Lt. Yoman, of the 1st O. V. C., and all disguised in the rebel uniform. This party got in company with Davis' escort, at Greenville, ...
— History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry • R. C. Rankin
... "A Texas leaguer," said Wilbur, "but it's all right. It's the first time this afternoon you've stayed in ...
— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson
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