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The Historic District Book StoreSouth Texas Genealogy BooksThe following books are recommended reading for those interested in the history and genealogy of South and Southwest Texas.
By Chuck Parsons with Gary P. Fitterer Charles Brown McKinney was a Texas Ranger with McNelly's Ranger Company A which restored law and order to the area of South Texas known as the Nueces Strip. McKinney was married to Paulina Hay, daughter of Silas and Lucinda English Hay of Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County Texas. C. B. McKinney was elected Sheriff of La Salle County Texas on February 3, 1883. McKinney was killed in the line of duty on December 26, 1886. This interesting book covers much of the history of La Salle, Dimmit, and Frio Counties in South Texas during the 1870's and 1880's. It includes extensive references and photos and is a must read for someone interested in the history of South Texas.
By Geroge Durham as told to Clyde Wantland, Foreward by Walter Prescott Webb A true adventure story of an extraordinary Texas Ranger, Captain Leander McNelly, who cleaned up the bandit-plagued Southwest Texas area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande known as the Nueces Strip. The story is told by George Durham, the youngest man in the Ranger Forca and covers the years 1875 and 1876. The story includes accounts of the Ranger's encounters with the Legendary Dimmit County figure, King Fisher.
By Frances Bramlette Farris, Edited with Introduction by C.L. Sonnichsen An interesting account of pioneer life in Frio county. Includes stories about Bigfoot Wallace, who lived with her family for thirty years and passed away in her home and many others in the Northeast Frio County.
Compiled and edited by J. Marvin Hunter "Interesting sketches of early cowboys and their experiences on the range and on the trail during the days that tried men's souls - true narratives related by real cowpunchers and men who fathered the cattle industry in Texas." Originally published in 1924, this book includes stories of many South Texas Trail Drivers.
by Florence Fenley This collection of fifty-three true pioneer stories, originally published in 1939 by the Hornby Press, captures the history of the development of the frontier in the Uvalde area of southwestern Texas from the Civil War period up to the 1930's. Oldtimer stories from the counties of Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, and Zavala are included in this book.
by Andrew J. Sowell
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Captain C. B. McKinney: The Law in South Texas
Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly's Rangers 
From Rattlesnakes to Road Agents: Rough Times on the Frio
The Trail Drivers of Texas
OLDTIMERS: Their Own Stories