*Aston was co-author of the 1997 updated version of Rupert N. Richardson's original ''Along Texas Old Fort Trails.''}}
*Aston was co-author of the 1997 updated version of Rupert N. Richardson's original ''Along Texas Old Fort Trails.''}}
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'''B W Aston''' (April 27, 1936 – March 25, 2010) was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] whose career embraced local and regional history and [[Latin America]]n studies. From 1967 to 2001, he was a faculty member at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in [[Abilene]], [[Texas]].
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'''B W Aston''' (April 27, 1936 – March 25, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50418647/b-w-aston
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|title=B W Aston obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=November 4, 2019; Findagrave list him as B W. Aston, no initials. Other sources use initials, but it appears that the "B W," as with the "S" in Harry S Truman, stood for nothing.}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] whose career embraced local and regional history and [[Latin America]]n studies. From 1967 to 2001, he was a faculty member at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in [[Abilene]], [[Texas]].