Fort Worth characters [electronic resource] /
by Richard Selcer.
- 1st ed.
- Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2009.
- vi, 288 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The curious story of Brevet Major Ripley Arnold -- Legendary Marshal Timothy Isaiah Courtright -- Hagar Tucker: Fort Worth's black policeman -- Marshal Sam Farmer: Fort Worth's first professional peace officer -- Al Hayne: the people's hero -- The strange case of Maggie Tewmey -- Black sheep Jeff Daggett -- Quanah Parker: Fort Worth's adopted native son -- Wayward policeman Thomas Finch -- Crazy Mary Rea: "a real corker" -- Madam Mary Porter: Mary, Mary quite contrary -- James W. Swayne: straight-arrow judge.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Fort Worth (Tex.)--History--19th century--Biography--Anecdotes. Fort Worth (Tex.)--History--20th century--Biography--Anecdotes.