Bill Longley Historical Marker - Giddings City Cemetery

Resting Place of a Gunfighter

How many folks are old enough to remember the western television series The Texan, which aired from 1958 to 1960 and starred Rory Calhoun? That’s a rhetorical question folks – I’m not expecting an an...

TEXAS OUTLAW HISTORY

While in Giddings, this is a nice history stop if you dig graveyards--no pun intended! Longley was a real Texas outlaw and gunslinger, with many notches on his belt. He supposedly recanted his life of...

That's the marker all right

Interesting short paragraph synopsis of his circumstances and death is definitely worth reading. Makes you want to learn more . But more interesting is this Giddings City Cemetery as a whole for its h...

A little known piece of Texas history: Great story!

It doesn't hurt any that this marker is part of my family's heritage!! Read about Bill Longley - he was certainly an interesting character and although he was one of the early serial killers, it's kin...

Bill Longley

We have some of our folks buried at the Giddings Cemetery. Since we were there, we decided to follow the signs and arrows to his grave. The historical marker gave a good description of his life. Lo...