LANGTRY — When a town has more historical markers than families, the handwriting is on the wall. For the dozen hardy souls who remain in this remote settlement made famous by a certain Old West judge, ...

A grave marker is displayed at the old cemetery in Langtry, Texas. The cemetary holds residents, railroad men and others who lived or frequented the once prosperous railroad town. Once a bustling ...

LANGTRY, Texas (AP) — When a town has more historical markers than families, the handwriting is on the wall. For the dozen hardy souls who remain in this remote settlement made famous by a certain Old ...

Since publishing his first novel, in 1976, the prolific author has won five Spur Awards in the western genre and four Shamus Awards for his mysteries. His sixty-fifth book zeroes in on the real-life ...

There’s a single building on the side of the highway outside Langtry, Texas, that I think started as a gas station, but did hard time as a restaurant, motel, and grocery store before someone finally ...

Langtry has an outsized place in Texas history, and it is due to the personality of one man. Judge Roy Bean was a big fish in a little pond. Two movies embellished the justice of the peace's life ...

LANGTRY — This is really two places. One is little more than a ghost town that's home to almost as many historical markers (seven) as citizens (15), and where some stray dogs and their fleas patrol ...

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