Dancin' in Anson: A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christm...
Carlson, Paul H. / Murphey, Michael Martin![Dancin' in Anson: A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/163/16309974/CHSBZCOP0316309974.jpg)
In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area's cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M.G. Rhodes changed that when he hosted a Grand Ball the weekend before Christmas. William Lawrence Chittenden was so impressed that he penned the poem "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball”. Far more than a history of the Jones County dance, Paul Carlson analyses the long poem, defining the many people and events mentioned and ...