Two family names have come to be associated with the violence that plagued Colorado County, Texas, for decades after the end of the Civil War: the Townsends and the Staffords. Both prominent families amassed wealth and achieved status, but it was their resolve to hold on to both, by whatever means necessary, including extra-legal means, that sparked the feud. Elected office was one of the paths to success, but more important was control of the sheriff\u2019s office, which gave one a decided advantage should the threat of gun violence arise.<\/p>\n
James Kearney, author of\u00a0No Hope for Heaven, No Fear of Hell: The Stafford-Townsend Feud of Colorado County, Texas, 1871-1911<\/em>, will lead the interesting presentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Afterwards, the 2020 and 2021 winners of the Laura Ann Rau Preservation Award will be announced.<\/p>\n Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two family names have come to be associated with the violence that plagued Colorado County, Texas, for decades after the end of the Civil War: the Townsends and the Staffords. Both prominent families amassed wealth and achieved status, but it was their resolve to hold on to both, by whatever means necessary, including extra-legal means,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"spay_email":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[42],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15667,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15666\/revisions\/15667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15666"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbushpt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=15666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}