Hamner, Laura V. (Laura Vernon)

Author, radio commentator, and ranch historian, Laura Vernon Hamner (1871-1968) was born to James Henry and Laura Lula (Hendrix) Hamner in Tennessee. After studying at Peabody Normal College in Nashville, she attended several Texas colleges and the University of Chicago. For several years, Hamner taught school while working as postmaster at Claude, Texas, from 1913 to 1921. She then moved to Amarillo and served as the superintendent of Potter County schools from 1922 to 1938. Hamner published The No-Gun Man of Texas (1935), about the life of Charles Goodnight, which she followed with Short Grass and Longhorns (1943), about ranching and the cattle trade in Texas. In 1958, Hamner published Light ‘n Hitch, a collection of narratives and anecdotes on the social customs and history of the High Plains in Texas. For thirty years, she wrote several columns for the Amarillo Globe-News, including Talk to Teens and Panhandle Scrapbook. With her friend Phebe K. Warner, Hamner co-founded the association, Panhandle Pen Women, in the 1920s.

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Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Hamner, Laura Vernon, http://www.tshaonline.org /handbook/online/articles/HH/fhadb.html (accessed October 11, 2010).

Author, radio commentator, and ranch historian, Laura Vernon Hamner (1871-1968) was born to James Henry and Laura Lula (Hendrix) Hamner in Tennessee.

After studying at Peabody Normal College in Nashville, she attended several Texas colleges and the University of Chicago. For several years, Hamner taught school while working as postmaster at Claude, Texas, from 1913 to 1921. She then moved to Amarillo and served as the superintendent of Potter County schools from 1922 to 1938. Hamner published "The No-Gun Man of Texas" (1935), about the life of Charles Goodnight, which she followed with Short Grass and Longhorns (1943), about ranching and the cattle trade in Texas. In 1958, Hamner published "Light 'n Hitch," a collection of narratives and anecdotes on the social customs and history of the High Plains in Texas. For thirty years, she wrote several columns for the Amarillo Globe-News, including "Talk to Teens" and "Panhandle Scrapbook." With her friend Phebe K. Warner, Hamner co-founded the association, Panhandle Pen Women, in the 1920s.