It gets fun talkin' about the ancestors sometimes...like my gganduncle Gladis Donaldson, (who I think may have gone by the name Don), who got kilt by being knifed by three irate husbands who thought this musician guy was being too friendly with their wives. Story says this happened in Pecos, TX...but I haven't confirmed the nasty rumour yet...
I've got a book you would love to read about the wild, bizarre things that happened in West Texas in the old days.
The Arizona Territory and West Texas were the last places to be "civilized", and a man had better be a man if he wanted to survive.
Like Clint Eastwood said when he was accused of shooting an unarmed man:
"Well, he shoulda armed himself!"
Damn! I was born too late!