Judge Joshua said that Judge Roy Bean was "the judge and the marshal for 1,000 square miles" in the Montana Territory. Bean's claim to fame was "the only law west of the Pecos (River)" and his court of fame was in Langtry, Texas. The State of Texas today has an area of over 268,000 square miles. The land area of Harris County (Houston), Texas is just over 1,700 square miles. 1,000 square miles is the equivalent of a land area 40 miles by 25 miles.