Cattle Rancher W.G. Butler’s Brother And Son Died in Helena, Texas, Gunfights

But he faced the fight of his life in another Karnes County town. Pioneer rancher William Green Butler made good in Karnes County, Texas. In 1868 Bill and younger brother Pleasant “Pleas” Burnell Butler began trailing herds, first to Abilene and then Ellsworth, Dodge City and other Kansas railhead towns. By the early 1870s Bill, …

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