Brewster County Genealogical Society

The Big Bend Genealogical Society

(Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties)


Brewster County Historical/Genealogical Sources


Taming The Big Bend by Mrs. O. L. Shipmen (1926)- Published by: VonBoeckmann Jones Co, Austin, Tx

Romance of the Davis Mountains by Carlysle Graham Raht(1919)Published by: The Raht Book Company, El Paso, Tx

Mariages, Mysteries and Reality-Brewster County, Texas- The Big Bend of the Rio Grande by Clifford B. Casey(1972)-Published by Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc - Hereford, Tx

Alpine, Texas Then and Now by Dr. Clifford B. Casey (1981)Published by Pioneer Book Publishers, Inc., Seagraves, Tx

Cemeteries in Brewster County, Texas by Big Bend Genealogical Society (1986) Published by the Big Bend Genealogical Society

The Magnificient Marathon Basin-A History of Marathon, Texas-Its People and Events by AnneJo P. Wedin (1989)Published by Nortex Press, Austin, Tx

Soldiers, Ranchers, and Miners In The Big Bend by Cliffor B. Casey, Big Bend National Park, Texas. A searcher may have to go through the National Park Service (U. S. Department of Interior, Division of History, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation) to see a copy---they are few!

Chronicles of the Big Bend, A Photographic Memoir of Life on the Border by W.D. Smithers (1976) Published by: Madrona Press, Inc., Austin, Texas

Tales of the Big Bend by Elton Miles(1989) Published by Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Tx.

The Way I Heard It, Tales of the Big Bend by Walter Fulcher Edited by Elton Miles(1987) Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, Tx

The Big Bend Of The Rio Grande-A Guide to the Rocks, Landscape, Geologic History, and Settlers of the Area of Big Bend National Park by Ross A. Maxwell (1990) Published by Bureau of Economic Geology-The University of Texas at Austin, Tx.

Paisano-Story of a Cowboy and A Camp Meeting by Katy Stokes (1980) Published by Texian Press, Waco, TX

Big Bend A Homesteader's Story by J. O. Langford With Fred Gipson (1989) Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, Tx.

A Most Singular Country-A History of Occupation in the Big Bend by Arthur R. Gomez (1988) Published by Brigham Young University-Charles Redd Center for Western Studies

An Occasional Wildflower (The story of pioneer Big Bend Settler Nina Seawell Hannold and family) (1993) By Starlene DeBord -Published by Chatoleh Press-

I'll Gather My Geese by Hallie Crawford Stillwell (1991) Published by Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Tx.

How Come It's Called That? Place Names in the Big Bend Country by Virginia Madison & Hallie Stillwell (1968 and also later reprints. Published by October House Inc. New York

The Big Bend Country of Texas by Virginia Madison (1968) Published by October House, Inc, New York

Jeff Davis County, Texas by Lucy Miller Jacobson and Mildred Bloys Nored (1993) Published by Fort Davis Historical Society, Fort Davis, Tx

The Big Bend-A History of the Last Texas Frontier by Ron C. Tyler (Published Originally in 1975 by the National Park Service)...Reprint 1996 by Texas A & M University Press

1910 Brewster County, Texas-Abbreviated 13TH Federal Census Complied by: Big Bend Genealogical Society, Alpine, Texas

The Old Timers Talk-Anecdotes and Observations Collected by Kathryn W.Walker (1968)

Jeff Davis' Camel Corps on the Western Frontier, A Review of an Attempt to Solve Frontier Transportation Problems Published by Nicholas Paul Banner, M.A. History-Odessa, Texas1994 and 1996

"My Name Is Frederick Rice and I was Born Here--The Story of a Real Cowboy in Big Bend, Texas." By Stanley Ewald In Cooperation with Jean Ewald and Phyllis Grolla. First Printing in 1995-Third Printing in 1998.

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