DAM DEFENDER DEITZ
on April 3, 1861, John F. Deitz (or Dietz) is remembered alternately as an outlaw or folk hero in state lore due to his yearslong land rights
‘The Dusky Demon’
William M. “Bill” Pickett, was born on Dec. 5, 1870, in Jenks Branch, a freedmen’s town in Williamson County, Texas. He was the second of 13 children born to former slaves Thomas Jefferson Pickett and Mary “Janie” Gilbert. The family heritage include
