PERMIAN BASIN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

invites you to attend our first meeting of 2006 to “kick off the New Year”!
January 23^rd – 6:00 P.M.

(Note: TIME CHANGE  for this meeting only)
Lincoln Towers Retirement Residence (in the Ballroom)
311 West 4^th, Odessa, TX

 Our speaker will be Ross J. Cox, Sr. from San Saba, Texas,
who has written The Texas Rangers & The San Saba Mob,
a book about one of the darkest chapters of Hill Country history
during which the “San Saba Mob” reigned.

The Mob started as a response  to general lawlessness after the Civil War,
but grew into a shadowy sub-government characterized by intimidation and murder, operating for nearly thirty years in parts of five Central Texas counties.

 Because no formal records were kept (many “good” families had Mob ties and all members were sworn to secrecy and knew their lives depended on their silence),
the story of the Mob has been mostly whispered rumors for most of the twentieth century.

 Now Highway Patrolman Ross J. Cox, Sr. has put together a compelling account of the terrorists who ruled San Saba and surrounding counties from some time around May of 1878 until May of 1898, when a murder conviction signaled the beginning of the end of Mob rule.

 Please  bring a friend and join us for a very interesting evening.
Refreshments will be available.

 

The Texas Rangers & The San Saba Mob - Vol. I & II,
will be available for purchase at the meeting.

Vol. I & II:  $20.00 each 
Both volumes in one book:  $35.00

 For more information - or- to pre-order, call Barbara Wilson

432/332-8221 (work) or 432/366-4678 (home)