All Blog Posts Tagged 'Judge' (2)

Loren Estleman has made a writing career by alternating Westerns with hard-boiled detective and crime fiction. "The Branch And The Scaffold" is an example of the former genre. In this novel, Estleman focuses on the life and career of Judge Isaac Parker, the legendary "hanging judge" who for several decades was the only source of law and order in the Indian Nations, now the state of Oklahoma. Although he led a fascinating life in his own right, previous Western novels and films have only dealt… Continue

Last Monday as I returned from a trip to El Paso, I took Highway 90 as an alternative to IH10. I stopped several places along to way to see things I had not seen in years, or not at all. Among the things I noticed that bothered me are the condition of Judge Roy Bean's Jersey Lilly and Alamo Village outside Bracketville.



Back in the mid seventies my wife and I visited West Texas, including Juge Roy Bean's Jersey Lilly bar. It was still in fair condition, and seemed well cared for.… Continue