Thanks to Matt Seybold for posting an outstanding bit of research on "The Texan Steer." His assessment that the article might be an "excellent counterfeit" is also worthy of consideration. The time frame for this article would have been in the midst of the time period when Frank Manly Thorn was also contributing to the EXPRESS under the pseudonym of "Hy Slocum." More info on that controversy is available here: http://www.twainquotes.com/HySlocum.html Barb