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Born in [[Tennessee]] to James Henry Hamner and the former Laura Lula Hendrix, Laura was educated at Miss Higbee's School for Young Ladies in [[Memphis]] and Peabody College in [[Nashville]], She also studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. Miss Hamner, who never married, was a [[teacher]] for many years. From 1913 to 1921, she served as the appointed postmistress at Claude in Armstrong County east of Amarillo. From 1922 to 1938, she was the Potter County school superintendent, a position which brought her to Amarillo, where she resided for the remainder of her life.<ref name="hbook">{{cite web|url=[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhadb Handbook of Texas Online|title=Hamner, Laura Vernon|author=Deolece M. Parmelee|publisher=The Handbook of Texas on-line|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> Hamner lived for years in the Herring Hotel in Amarillo, owned by then [[Mayor]] Ernest O. Thompson, later a long-term chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission.

Born in [[Tennessee]] to James Henry Hamner and the former Laura Lula Hendrix, Laura was educated at Miss Higbee's School for Young Ladies in [[Memphis]] and Peabody College in [[Nashville]], She also studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. Miss Hamner, who never married, was a [[teacher]] for many years. From 1913 to 1921, she served as the appointed postmistress at Claude in Armstrong County east of Amarillo. From 1922 to 1938, she was the Potter County school superintendent, a position which brought her to Amarillo, where she resided for the remainder of her life.<ref name="hbook">{{cite web|url=[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhadb Handbook of Texas Online|title=Hamner, Laura Vernon|author=Deolece M. Parmelee|publisher=The Handbook of Texas on-line|accessdate=December 14, 2019}}</ref> Hamner lived for years in the Herring Hotel in Amarillo, owned by then [[Mayor]] Ernest O. Thompson, later a long-term chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission.

==Writings==​

==Career==

In the early 1890s, while she assisted her father in his [[newspaper]] work in Claude, she met Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) and his first wife, Mary Ann. In 1935, six years after Goodnight's death, she wrote ''The No-Gun Man of Texas,'' a [[novel]]-ized [[biography]] of the legendary [[cattle]]man, former co-owner with [[John George Adair]] of the [[JA Ranch]]. Her research into life stories of old-timers led to ''Short Grass and Longhorns'' (Norman, [[Oklahoma]]]: [[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1943) and ''Light 'n Hitch'' (1958). For more than thirty years, Hamner wrote features for ''The Amarillo Globe-News.'' She appeared weekly on radio to discuss life during early Panhandle times.<ref name="hbook"/>​

In the early 1890s, while she assisted her father in his [[newspaper]] work in Claude, she met Charles Goodnight (1836-1929) and his first wife, Mary Ann. In 1935, six years after Goodnight's death, she wrote ''The No-Gun Man of Texas,'' a [[novel]]-ized [[biography]] of the legendary [[cattle]]man, former co-owner with [[John George Adair]] of the [[JA Ranch]]. Her research into life stories of old-timers led to ''Short Grass and Longhorns'' (Norman, [[Oklahoma]]]: [[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1943) and ''Light 'n Hitch'' (1958). For more than thirty years, Hamner wrote features for ''The Amarillo Globe-News.'' She appeared weekly on radio to discuss life during early Panhandle times.<ref name="hbook"/>​

Hamner died in [[Alabama]] while visiting a relative. A [[Methodist]], she is interred beside her parents at the Goodnight Cemetery in Armstrong near Claude, Texas. Most of her papers are in either the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, or the [[Eugene Barker|Eugene C. Barker]] Texas History Center of the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. She is included in the University of Texas “Listing of Great Texas Women”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/gtw/directory.php?C=H|title=Great Texas Women|publisher=University of Texas|accessdate=December 14, 2019; material may no longer be on-line}}</ref>​

Hamner died in [[Alabama]] while visiting a relative. A [[Methodist]], she is interred beside her parents at the Goodnight Cemetery in Armstrong near Claude, Texas. Most of her papers are in either the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas, or the [[Eugene Barker|Eugene C. Barker]] Texas History Center of the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. She is included in the University of Texas “Listing of Great Texas Women”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/gtw/directory.php?C=H|title=Great Texas Women|publisher=University of Texas|accessdate=December 14, 2019; material may no longer be on-line}}</ref>​

==Publications==​

==Publications==

*Hamner's first major publication, ''The No-Gun Man of Texas'' (1935) was the result of her long-term acquaintance with legendary Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight.​<br>

*Hamner's first major publication, ''The No-Gun Man of Texas'' (1935) was the result of her long-term acquaintance with legendary Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight.​<br>

*''Short Grass and Longhorns'' ([[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1943.<br>​

*''Short Grass and Longhorns'' ([[University of Oklahoma]] Press, 1943.<br>​

*Hamner's article in ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (1947) introduced the [[African American]] former [[cowboy]] Matthew Bones Hooks of Amarillo to a national readership.​

*Hamner's article in ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (1947) introduced the [[African American]] former [[cowboy]] Matthew Bones Hooks of Amarillo to a national readership.​