Month: January 2025

EP. 133: The Van Horn Wells

January 23, 2025 Ken Wise 21:53 0 Comments

For centuries, Indians knew where to get water on the desolate terrain of what would become West Texas. One of those spots came to be known as the Van Horns Wells. Named for one of two possible military commanders, the wells watered men, horses, and eventually a railroad. With railroads come towns and the town…

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EP. 132: The Coming of the Wire

January 1, 2025 Ken Wise 27:13 Comments Off

You can’t go anywhere in Texas without running into “the devil’s rope”–barbed wire. It keeps livestock in AND out. It protects property and discourages trespassers. But barbed wire hasn’t been around all that long. When it came, it changed the face of Texas and the West. It also made some people very, very wealthy. Learn…

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