Cenizo Journal Winter 2019 | Page 21

Shop Alpine Farmer’s Market Every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. on historic Murphy St. (just East of 5th Street). Get fresh veggies all year plus baked goods, crafts and more! Interior of Harrell’s Ex-Pecos C ounty Saloon. Man in center is owner F. N. Harrell and charged a box of cartridges to his account, then went back to the saloon. In moments the crisis was over: one shot was all it took. He returned the gun to Kerr, who wiped it down and put it back in the rack. Then he went home to grieve for his good friend. Sanderson, Dryden, indeed all of Terrell County and Southwest Texas went into mourning. The popular officer of the law was prepared for burial and moved by solemn cortege to the railroad station, to be taken to Brackettville, Texas for final rites. In the procession behind the flower-laden casket were men, women, children, the elderly, the high-born and the common, marching to muffled sobs, all paying respect to a good man. A large crowd of mourners traveled to Brackettville to attend the funeral, and it was many days before the melancholy of this tragic chapter of our history had faded. For subscriptions please see page six Exterior of the Ex-Pecos C ounty Saloon in Sanderson, Texas, ca 1916 Cenizo First Quarter 2019 21