Tall Tales: The stories of Jones and Sam Glenn
Tall tales, Greek mythologies, and even a finely crafted ghost story can tell you a lot about a place in time and the people who wrote the stories. When I was a kid, I enjoyed the tall tales featuring the giant, Paul Bunyan and his blue ox. Later I was charmed by the tales of Casey Jones at the bat and railway man John Henry. O nly a few years ago I learned that Kerrville has its own set of tall tales. After discovering the tales in one book, and then finding the legends repeated in other publications, I became curious about the men who were featured in the tales – most of them involved one of two men, both with the last name of Glenn. Samuel Donnelly Glenn For example, there’s a story I found in more than one place about a Kerrville cowhand who was traveling home after a long trail ride. The cowboy stopped at a farm for some food, where the farmer’s wife agreed to feed him but said that a terrible storm was coming and that she and her family were going to take ...