Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895Texas A&M University Press, 1982 - 457 páginas For almost three hundred miles, the Pecos River cuts across far West Texas. It is an arid land, a land that in the last century offered danger and hardship to those who crossed it and those who settled it. Yet they came--army posts like Fort Stockton to challenge the Apaches' claim to the rugged land, settlers to supply the posts, cattlemen to eke out a living from the vast but sparse grazing ranges. They came and they stayed because the land held one overriding appeal: it was Texas' last frontier. |
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The Civil War to August 1861 | 3 |
War Preparations to August 1861 | 21 |
The Confederate Takeover August 1861 until March 29 1862 | 29 |
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Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895 Clayton Williams Visualização de excertos - 1982 |
Texas' Last Frontier: Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895 Clayton W. Williams Pré-visualização indisponível - 2000 |
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Peddlers and Post Traders: The Army Sutler on the Frontier David M. Delo Pré-visualização limitada - 1998 |