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The Texan #11
The issue contains a main story featuring the Texan and an educational feature. In "The Texan" story, the protagonist encounters a hangman and settles their differences before the Texan is nearly drowned by an antagonist; Melissa arrives with rangers to help. The Texan then plans to build a new ranch house with Melissa, declaring he will settle down. The issue also includes an educational feature titled "About Horses" that traces the history of horses in North America, beginning with Hernando Cortez landing the first horses near Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1519, and explaining how escaped or stolen horses became wild mustangs that roamed the western plains and inspired western romance.