A grave marker is displayed at the old cemetery in Langtry, Texas. The cemetary holds residents ... and coins for modern scavengers. In 1896, boxing enthusiasts from around the country came ...

In 1896, boxing enthusiasts from ... Men were shot down in the street in Langtry over minor disputes and their killers rarely saw justice. Even the fearless Texas Rangers were sobered by the ...

In 1896 he achieved wide notoriety by staging a world championship boxing match — an ... neatly out-maneuvering the Texas Rangers who had come to Langtry to block it. “The prizefight had ...

But Bean did name something for Lillie Langtry. Today, the Texas Department of Transportation has preserved Bean's Jersey Lilly Saloon, where he served liquor and the law — often simultaneously.

Langtry has an outsized place in Texas history, and it is due to the personality of one man. Judge Roy Bean was a big fish in a little pond. Two movies embellished the justice of the peace's life ...