May 30, 2026, 4:45 a.m. CT
Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a Librarian Emeritus from Texas Tech University. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about Joe Ely’s Tornado Jams is the first of a four-part series by frequent contributor Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock attorney and award-winning Western history writer.