The Civil War in the Southwest: Recollection of the Sibley Brigade - Texas A&M University Press 2001
The Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico: The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley - Texas Western Press 2001
“Borderlanders: The Life of James Kirker, 1793-1852,” by Ralph Adam Smith - Journal of Arizona History 2001
“James Wiley Magoffin: Don Santiago, El Paso Pioneer,” by W. H. Timmons - Journal of Arizona History 2001
“The California Column in New Mexico,” by Darlis Miller - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1984
“The Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah,” by Ray C. Colton - Journal of Arizona History 1984
“Defiant Peacemaker: Nicholas Trist in the Mexican War,” by Wallace Ohrt - Journal of the West 2000
“Mangas Coloradas: Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches,” by Edwin R. Sweeny - Journal of Arizona History 2000
“Hell with the Fire Out: a History of the Modoc War,” by Arthur Quinn - Journal of the West 1999
A Wild and Vivid Land: an Illustrated History of the South Texas Border - Texas State Historical Association 1997
Campfires and Coal Dust on the Rio Grande - Texas Department of Transportation 1997
Fifty Miles and a Fight: Samuel Peter Heintzelman's Journal of Texas and the Cortina War - Texas State Historical Association 1997
Texas and New Mexico on the Eve of the Civil War: The Mansfield and Johnston Inspection - University of New Mexico Press 1997
“The Big Bend: a History of the Last Texas Frontier,” by Ron C. Tyler - Journal of the West 1997
Vaqueros in Blue and Gray: Mexican Texans in the Civil War - Presidial Press 1976
John Robert Baylor: Texas Indian Fighter and Confederate Soldier - Hill College Press 1971
Civil War and Revolution on the Rio Grande Frontier: A Narrative and Photographic History - Texas State Historical Association 2004
Into the Far, Wild Country: True Tales of the Old Southwest - Texas Western Press 1996
“Battleship Texas,” by Hugh Power - Journal of the West 1996
“Fort Davis: Outpost on the Texas Frontier,” by Robert Wooster - East Texas Historical Journal 1996
“Hero of Beecher Island: the Life and Military Career of George A. Forsyth,” by David Dixon - Western Historical Quarterly 1996
“Stagecoach Inns of Texas,” by Kathryn Turner Carter - Journal of the West 1996
“Texas Forgotten Ports,” Vol. 1 & 2, by Keith Guthyrie - Journal of the West 1996
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina and the Texas-Mexico Frontier - Texas Western Press 1994
“Bad Hand: a Biography of General Ranald S. Mackenzie,” by Charles M. Robinson - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1994
“Border Wars of Texas,” by James T. DeShields - East Texas Historical Journal 1994
“Freedom on the Border: the Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas,” by Kevin Mulroy - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1994
“Revolution on the Rio Grande: Mexican Raids and Army Pursuits,” 1916-1919, by Glenn Justice - East Texas Historical Journal 1994
“The Battle of Beecher Island and the Indian War of 1867-1969,” by John H. Monnett - Western Historical Quarterly 1994
“The Most Promising Young Officer,” by Michael D. Pierce - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1994
“The Texas Rangers: Images and Incidents,” by John L. Davis - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1994
“A Most Singular Country: A History of Occupation of the Big Bend,” by Arthur R. Gomez - Journal of the West 1993
“The Civil War in the American West,” by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1993
“The News from Brownsville: Helen Chapman's Letters from the Texas Military Frontier, 1848-1852,” ed. by Caleb Cooker - Journal of Arizona History 1993
“War Scare on the Rio Grande: Robert Runyon's Photographs of the Border Conflict, 1913-1916,” by Frank N. Samponaro and Paul J. Vanderwood - Journal of Arizona History 1993
“Watt Matthews of Lambshead,” by Laura C. Wilson - Journal of the West 1993
Desert Tiger: Paddy Graydon and the Civil War in the Far Southwest - Texas Western Press 1992
“Destroyer of the Iron Horse: General Joseph E. Johnston and Confederate Rail Transport, 1861-1865,” by Jeffrey N. Lash - Military History of Texas and the Southwest 1992
“New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900,” by Monroe Lee Billington - Chronicles of Oklahoma 1992
“Soldiers of Misfortune,” by Sam W. Haynes - New Mexico Historical Quarterly 1992
“Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign,” ed. Gary W. Gallagher - Military History of Texas and the Southwest 1992
From Desert to Bayou: the Civil War Journal and Sketches of Morgan Wolfe Merrick - Texas Western Press 1991
Warm Weather and Bad Whiskey: the 1886 Laredo Election Riot - Texas Western Press 1991
Texas: A History of Five Centuries - Harper Collins 0000
New Mexico Territory During the Civil War: Wallen and Evans Inspection Reports, 1862-1863 - University of New Mexico Press 2008
The Reminiscences of Major General Zenas R. Bliss, 1854-1876 - Texas State Historical Association 2008
Cortina: Defending the Mexican Name in Texas - Texas A&M University Press 2007
Civil War to the Bitter End: The Life and Times of Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman - Texas A&M University Press 2006
“El Paso: a Borderlands History,” by W. H. Timmons - Password 1990
“The Ragged Rebel: a Common Soldier in W.h. Parsons' Texas Cavalry, 1861-1864,” by B.P. Gallaway - Military History of the Southwest 1989
Henry Hopkins Sibley: Confederate General of the West - State University Press 1987
“Secession and the Union in Texas,” by Walter L. Buenger - Journal of the West 1987
Challenge and Triumph: the First 20 Years of Laredo State University - Laredo State University 1986
Laredo: A Pictorial History - Donning Publishers 1986
Mexican Texans in the Union Army - Texas Western Press 1986
Playboys, Cowboys, and Slanted Pits,” by Henry Flemmons - Journal of the West 1986
“A Southwestern Vocabulary,” by Cornelius C. Smith - Journal of the West 1986
“Kit Carson: a Pattern for Heroes,” by Thelma S. Guild and Harvey L. Carter - Civil War History 1986
“Rebels on the Rio Grande: the Civil War Journal of A. B. Peticolas, Ed.” by Don E. Alberts - Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1986
“Sul Ross: Soldier, Statesman, Educator,” by Judith Ann Benner - Civil War History 1986
“Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos.” 1861-1895, by Clayton W. Williams - Civil War History 1986
“The Time it Never Rained,” by Elmer Kelton - Journal of the West 1986
Sabers on the Rio Grande - Presidial Press 1974
Rangers Quell Election Riot
Mutiny and Desertion of the Rio Grande: The Strange Saga of Captain Adrian J. Vidal
The Battle of Carrizo and the Origins of the Civil War on the Rio Grande
Gen. Winfield Scott's Army of Occupation as Pioneer Alpinists: Epic Ascents of Popocatepetl and Citlaltepetl
Is This to be the Glory of our Brave Men?’ The New Mexico Civil War Journal and Letters of Dr. Henry Jacob ‘Hal’ Hunter
‘That’s Just What Kids Did Back Then’: Joe Lynch Davis, the Oklahoma Gang, and the Robbery of the Golden State Limited
The Rangers are Needed
The Storm Approaching
Last Hanging in Webb County
Smallpox Epidemic Hits Laredo in 1899
The Battle of Laredo
The Vulture Over the Carrion: Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and the Civil War in the Territory of New Mexico
India: A Land of Cultural and Geographic Contrasts, Conflicts
A Brief History of the Sibley Brigade
Henry Hopkins Sibley: Confederate General of the West
Santos Benavides and the Battle of Laredo
'Near 106 Yesterday, It has been a Cool Summer:’ Samuel P. Heintzelman Views Yuma Crossing and Arizona Territory
An Indian Superintendent at the Battle of Valverde: The Civil War Letters of James L. Collins
Juan Nepomuceno Cortina: Border Caudillo Extraordinary
When General Albert Sidney Johnston Came Home to Texas: Reconstruction Politics and the Reburial of a Hero
Gunfight at the N H Corrall
'Gloom Over Our Fair Land:' Socorro County During the Civil War
Serialization of Vaqueros in Blue and Gray
Another Win Like Alamo and We're Finished, Officers Says
Austin Described Laredo as 'Poor as Sand Banks'
Ballots Not Secret to Name Four Laredo Officials in 1847
Ballots Not Secret to Name Four Laredo Officials in 1847
Because of Many Indian Raids, Army Command Moves to Laredo
Benavides Doesn't Doubt Guerrero is Bandit Hideout
Benavides' Successor Hastened Laredoan to Join Confederacy
Besieged Cos Receives No Word From Top Mexican Army Officer
Canales Surrendered in 1840: Republic of Rio Grande Died
Officers Leave Blood, Mark on Laredo
Sound of Civil War Could be Heard All the Way to Laredo
The Battle of Laredo
The Battle of LaredoBandits and Flying Big News Here in Early 1900's
Mexican Texans in the Civil War: The Battle of Valverde
Comanches and Guerrillas Threaten Laredo During U.S.-- Mexican War
With the New Mexico Militia: The Civil War Diary of Major Charles Emil Wesche
Deaf Smith Foiled in try to Take Laredo for Texas
Flooding and War Plague Laredoans in Summer of 1842
Fort McIntosh Described as 'Most Desolate that Can Be Imagined'
Fort McIntosh Once Leased Much of What is Now Laredo
Fort McIntosh, First Known as Camp Crawford, Founded in 1849
General Woll Encountered Opposition on Trek to Border
Gutierrez de Lara Began Plans to Invade Texas in March, 1812
Lamar Selected to Command Laredo
Laredo Founder Tomas Sanchez of Monterrey, Wed Catarina Uribe
Laredo Showed Concern Over Clean Life
Laredo's First Decade in Tranquil
Many From Northern Mexico Opposed Central Government
Mexican-Texans Among Rangers Sent After Marauders Near Laredo
Drama in the Desert: The Hunt for Henry Skillman in the Trans-Pecos, 1862-1864
A Shared Experience: The History, Architecture, and Historical Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor
Captain James 'Paddy' Graydon and the Gallinas Massacre
The Many Faces of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina
With the Third Infantry in New Mexico, 1851-1853: The Lost Diary of Private Sylvester W. Matson
Mexican-Texans Among Rangers Sent After Marauders Near Laredo
Nomadic Indians Here Ranked as the Most Primitive on Continent
Officers Saw Fort McIntosh as the Siberia of United States Army
Retaliatory Expedition Into Mexico Planned by Mad Texans
Rumors Reach Laredo of Impending Union Attack
Settlers of Laredo Affected by Events in Europe and Mexico
Shooting Shows How Justice was Dispensed in Laredo During 1800's
Spain Sought Nuevo Santander to Discourage French Encroachment
Stars and Stripes First Raised Over the City of Laredo in 1846
Steamboat Came to Laredo in 1846
Struggle Spreads Across Mexico as Santa Anna Seizes Control
Texan Troops Invade Northern Mexico
Texans Draw Black Beans of Death at Mier
Advance and Retreat: Lt. Franklin Cook Recalls the Battle of Valverde
Aftermat of Riot
Boots Versus the Sandals
Changing of the Tide
Early 1880's in Laredo
Election Riot Hits Laredo
Elections in Dispute
End of War; Keys Change
Guaraches Make Inroads
Guaraches Party Makes its Debut
Independents Rise to Power
Laredo Has Rowdy Past in Politics
Laredo is Hit by Civil War
Men to Rule the Future
Texas Sack Laredo in 1842
Threat of Juan N. Cortina Raiders Brought Lee to Laredo in 1860
Three Benavides Brothers Lead Laredo into Civil War
Warfare Common Among Coahuiltecans
Webb County Unanimously Okays Decision to Secede From Union
Zapata Refuses to Lay Down Arms, Is Beheaded by Arista
1st U.S. Flag Flies Over Laredo in 1849
Fort McIntosh Purchased for One Dollar
Henry Hopkins Sibley and the Mexican War
Henry Hopkins Sibley: Military Inventor on the Texas Frontier," Military History of Texas and the Southwest
Laredo's History Has Color, Humor
Local Politics Sometimes Affected Fort McIntosh
Politics Churn from 1887-1890
Power Grab Blossoms
Valor Across the Lone Star: The Congressional Medal of Honor in Frontier Texas - Texas State Historical Association 2003
Texas Burial Cites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide - Hill College Press 2002
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site - Southwest Parks and Monuments Association 2001
The King Ranch
The Man Who Lost the Civil War
Sibley's New Mexico Campaign - University of New Mexico Press 2000
"Henry Hopkins Sibley," Encyclopedia of the Confederacy - Encyclopedia of the Confederacy 1979
"Juan Nepomuceno Cortina" - Civil Rights in the United States, MacMillan Publishers 1999
“The Home Front: Life in Texas During the Civil War”
"Henry Hopkins Sibley," American National Biography - Oxford University Press 1998
"Juan Cortina" in The United States and Mexico at War - MacMillan Publishers 1998
"Henry Hopkins Sibley," Encyclopedia of the American West - MacMillan Publishing Company 1997
"Juan Nepomuceno Cortina", Encyclopedia of the American West - MacMillan Publishing Company 1997
"Adrian J. Vidal," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"Henry Hopkins Sibley," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"John Robert Baylor," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"Juan Cortina and the Cortina Wars," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"Mexican Texans in the Civil War," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"John Robert Baylor," Encyclopedia of Southern History - Encyclopedia of Southern History 1979
"Santos Benavides," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
"Sibley Brigade," Handbook of Texas - Texas State Historical Association 1996
Forts and Forays: A Dragoon in New Mexico, 1850-1856 - University of New Mexico Press 1996
Santana: the Last Mescalero War Chief - Clear Light Publishers 1996
Bloody Valverde - University of New Mexico Press 1995
"Henry Hopkins Sibley," Encyclopedia of the Confederacy - Encyclopedia of the Confederacy 1993
"John Robert Baylor," Encyclopedia of the Confederacy - Encyclopedia of the Confederacy 1993
"Santos Benavides," Encyclopedia of the Confederacy - Encyclopedia of the Confederacy 1993
Westward the Texans: the Civil War Journal of Private William Randolph Howell - Texas Western Press 1990
"Juan Nepomuceno Cortina" - World Book, World Book Publishing 2004
Robert E Lee in Texas - University of Oklahoma Press 2004
I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant - Texas State Historical Association 2003
History of Zapata County and Falcon Reservoir
History of the Mining Town of Darwin, Texas
Mexican Americans in the Civil War: The Nuevo Mejicanos
Mexican Americans in the Civil War
Best book on Tejano history - Tejano Book Award - 01-01-2007
Barry Goldwater Award - Arizona Historical Society - 01-01-2000
Documentation and Publication Award - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1991
Earl Davis Award - Hill College - 01-01-1988
Distinguished Service Award - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1985
Distinguished Publication Award - Zapata County Historical Commission - 01-01-1984
La Bahia Award, Second Place - SABERS ON THE RIO GRANDE - 01-01-1975
Meritorious Service Award - Laredo Chamber of Commerce - 01-01-1991
Distinguished Publication Award - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1990
Historical Marker Award - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1990
Southwest Book Award - Border Regional Library Association - 01-01-2009
Best Scholarly Book - Texas Institute of Letters - 01-01-2007
Kate Broocks Bates Award - Texas Historical Association - 01-01-2005
T. R. Fehrenback Award - Texas Historical Commission - 01-01-2005
Gaspar Perez de Villagra Award - Historical Society of New Mexico - 01-01-2002
Citation - San Antonio Conservation Society - 01-01-1999
Parish Award for Documentation and Publication of Local and Regional History - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1999
Citation - San Antonio Conservation Society - 01-01-1991
Sesquicentennial Award - Laredo News - 01-01-1986
Finalist, Spur Award - Western Writers of America - 01-01-1999
Finalist, Spur Award - Western Writers of America - 01-01-1997
Fellow - Texas State Historica Association - 01-01-1992
Historical Marker Award - Webb County Heritage Foundation - 01-01-1992
Citation - San Antonio Conservation Society - 01-01-2007
Best Non-Fiction Book - Texas Institute of Letters - 01-01-2008