Dancin' in Anson: A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball

by Paul H. Carlson

In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area's cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M. G. Rhodes changed that when he hosted a Grand Ball the weekend before Christmas. A restless traveling salesman, rancher, and poet from New York named William Lawrence Chittenden, a guest at the Star Hotel, was so impressed with the soiree that he penned his observances in the poem "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball."

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896728919
• ISBN13: 9780896728912
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"