Writer of Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry and Master Photographer
While Andrew Jackson’s legacy as president will forever be tarnished for his role in the Trail of Tears, he was an interesting historical figure and key figure in the War of 1812. My favorite story about Jackson is that he survived the first known attempt to assassinate a president of the United States. On the…
On a cold morning in 1871 in Granbury, Texas, a saloon owner went to check on one of his employees who had been extremely sick. The man went by the name John St. Helen. St. Helen had shown up in town four years earlier and kept a low profile. He’d left the town of Glen…