Biggers, Don Hampton, 1868-1957.2015-08-252015-08-251908-04-01http://hdl.handle.net/10605/224641A journalist, author, and politician, Biggers was born September 27, 1868, in Meridian, Texas, and grew up in a ranching environment. He edited and wrote for several West Texas newspapers, served in the Texas Legislature, and was active in land promotion in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico. He authored several books, including History That Will Never Be Repeated (1901), Pictures Of The Past (1902) [both under the pen name Lan Franks], Cattle Range To Cotton Patch (1905), Shackelford County Sketches (1908), and Our Sacred Monkeys (1933). Don Hampton Biggers died at a rest home in Stephenville on December 11, 1957, a month after his wife's death, Nettie."Official Howler for Fisher and 247 adjoining counties."Volume One. Number Two."Published Every Time the Signs are Right."4 pdf pagesapplication/pdfen-USThe images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. Permission to publish these digital files in any form must be obtained from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, 806-742-9070 or email reference.swco@ttu.edu.Double Mountain Canyon (Tex.) -- Newspapers.Journalism -- Texas.Journalists -- Texas.Texas -- Politics and government.Civil leaders -- Texas.Rotan (Tex.) -- Newspapers.Fisher County (Tex.) -- Newspapers.Text