Located in North Central West Texas area along the Red River boundary between Texas and Oklahoma, this was one of the last parts of the state to be settled—this occurring for the most part after the arrival of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad in the late 1880s. Includes earlier tales of Indian confrontations including the 1860 Battle of Pease River (on Mule Creek) when Ranger Captain Sul Ross and his troops routed a Comanche camp and captured Cynthia Ann Parker who was the mother of the last great war-chief of the Comanche, Quanah Parker, for whom the county seat of Hardeman County was named. In addition to the narrative storyline of the county, local histories of early settler families, churches, clubs, and organizations are included. Only a limited number of copies are now available.