Jacksboro Highway attracted the meanest white people in all of Texas. Outlaws hid there and gangsters flourished within the 40-odd honky-tonk beer joints and lavish nightclubs. The 16-mile stream of neon offered a proliferation of illegal slot machines, backroom gambling, whores, dope, booze and constant shootouts."Thunder Road Bites the Dust" by Josh Alan Friedman
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photo © 1989, 2010 Josh Alan Friedman
