PREFACE |
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IX | (8) |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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CHAPTER I: THE SPIT-DOG OF THE TREADMILL OF GOVERNMENT |
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1 | (6) |
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Medieval Origins to the Magna Charta |
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1 | (1) |
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Constables Come to America |
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2 | (5) |
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CHAPTER II: TEXAS BEFORE INDEPENDENCE, 1820 TO 1836 |
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7 | (16) |
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7 | (3) |
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Law Enforcement in the Colony |
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10 | (5) |
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15 | (8) |
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CHAPTER III: THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1836 TO 1845 |
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23 | (16) |
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Neither Recognition nor Annexation |
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23 | (4) |
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Organizing the Government |
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27 | (2) |
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A Troubled Land: Indians and Invasions |
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29 | (6) |
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The Republic of Texas Is No More |
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35 | (4) |
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CHAPTER IV: THE LONE STAR STATE, 1846 TO 1873 |
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39 | (18) |
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From Annexation to Secession |
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39 | (3) |
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The Civil War and Reconstruction |
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42 | (15) |
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CHAPTER V: THE FAR WEST, 1874 TO 1900 |
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57 | (38) |
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The Meanest Town in Texas |
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59 | (5) |
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Some Constables in Action |
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64 | (1) |
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Too Much Law and Not Enough Order |
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65 | (12) |
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John Wesley Hardin Comes to Town |
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77 | (8) |
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What Happened between Selman and Hardin? |
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85 | (7) |
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Some Other West Texas Constables |
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92 | (3) |
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CHAPTER VI: THE TEXAS PANHANDLE, 1874 TO 1900 |
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95 | (30) |
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Buffalo Hunters and Early Settlements |
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95 | (3) |
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Ranches, Rustlers, and Railroads |
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98 | (20) |
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118 | (4) |
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Water and Farming: A New Panhandle |
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122 | (3) |
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CHAPTER VII: REFORM AND HARD WORK, 1900 TO 1946 |
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125 | (20) |
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125 | (1) |
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Tinkering with the Constitution |
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126 | (7) |
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Prohibition, Boomtowns, and the Depression |
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133 | (12) |
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CHAPTER VIII: MODERN TEXAS, 1946 TO 1999 |
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145 | (30) |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (25) |
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What Might the Future Hold? |
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173 | (2) |
APPENDICES |
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175 | (30) |
A. SOME CONSTABLES OUTSIDE OF TEXAS |
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175 | (24) |
West of the Mississippi |
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175 | (15) |
East of the Mississippi |
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190 | (9) |
B. A LOOK AT TODAY'S CONSTABLES |
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199 | (4) |
Duties and Responsibilities of Modern Constables |
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199 | (1) |
The Changing Role of Constables |
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200 | (1) |
Licensing and Training |
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201 | (2) |
C. CONSTABLES AND DEPUTIES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY |
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203 | (2) |
NOTES |
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205 | (14) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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219 | (6) |
INDEX |
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