The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 Page: 92
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92 Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The writer has put it in for three reasons. In the first place, it
shows how badly frightened the people were of the Indians even
ten years after the last raid was made. In the second place, all
of the old-time cowboys of the ranch insisted that a history of
the J A Ranch would not be complete without an account of this
"scare." Finally, the writer has observed that the Indian Scare
of 1890 or some amusing incident connected with it, is still a
favorite subject for after-dinner speeches whenever there is a gath-
ering of old-time settlers or old-time cowboys anywhere in the
Panhandle.
The writer wishes also to express his appreciation to Dir. E. C.
Barker of the University of Texas, whose life work is the com-
piling and writing a true history of Texas, and at whose sugges-
tion this work was undertaken.
CHAPTER I
THE LAST GREAT EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE INDIANS
A history of the State of Texas is made up of the combined
histories of the various sections which constitute the state. The
older sections of this state have places and names which have
more romance, interest, and significance attached to. them than
have other places and persons of different geographic location
of the same era. At first glance, a student of the history of
Texas would naturally consider that part of the state known as
the Panhandle, comprising the twenty-six most northerly and
sparsely populated counties,' less interesting, perhaps, than San
Antonio with its historic Alamo and its illustrious heroes, and
this is true; nevertheless, the history of the Panhandle, the last
part of the state to be settled, is rich in historic, geographic, and
biographic interest. The major portion of the early history of
this part of the state is to be found in the history of the twelve
or fifteen large ranches which originally occupied practically all
of the Panhandle. The history of these ranches and the men who
established and worked on them is the heroic story of the progress
of the Panhandle. Of all these early ranches, the J A Ranch
1The Panhandle counties are Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree,
Lipscomb, Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Roberts, Hemphill, Oldham, Pot-
ter, Carson, Gray, Wlheeler, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Donley,
Gollingsworth, Parmer, Castro, Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, and Childress.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928, periodical, 1928; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101088/m1/104/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.