Tragedy and Triumph on the Texas Plains

Out on the Texas Plains, wrangling with history resembles taking in the sunset--a stampede of splendor and shadow all at once.

Roam an Ohio-sized patch of prairie and take stock of the heroic tasks and moral dilemmas facing the unforgettable characters who called West Texas home.

Ben Hogan sinks a putt with the focus of the Clovis man who hunted mammoth in the same spot thousands of years before.

Lubbock's largest lawsuit runs its interminable course. And a starving Roy Rogers makes a quick meal of jackrabbit on the Llano Estacado.

Chuck Lanehart gathers statesmen and journalists, outlaws and entertainers, in these profiles of the Texas Plains.