Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChronicleTracing the movements of the Haley, Evetts and Puett families from Virginia through the Tennessee backwoods, the deep South, and on to Texas, this book provides both genealogy and colorful insight into the sorrows of Indian removal, and the lives of Texan ranchers and cowboys through the experiences of these families. |
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Their first child , my mother , was born in Moffat , November 10 , 1867 , and named Julia , shortly after which Grandpa Evetts loaded the baby and her seventeen year old mother into a wagon and hauled them home .
Their first child , my mother , was born in Moffat , November 10 , 1867 , and named Julia , shortly after which Grandpa Evetts loaded the baby and her seventeen year old mother into a wagon and hauled them home .
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When Papa went to call on Grandpa to ask for her hand , he found Grandpa in his favorite and most comfortable position - sitting on a horse . With trepidation Papa put the question , to which Grandpa replied : " I guess it's all right .
When Papa went to call on Grandpa to ask for her hand , he found Grandpa in his favorite and most comfortable position - sitting on a horse . With trepidation Papa put the question , to which Grandpa replied : " I guess it's all right .
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Sophisticates will find Grandpa's precepts trite today , but I am convinced that our grandchildren will return to them in their own times of testing and denial . In his " inquiries after knowledge , Grandpa urged his son to learn first ...
Sophisticates will find Grandpa's precepts trite today , but I am convinced that our grandchildren will return to them in their own times of testing and denial . In his " inquiries after knowledge , Grandpa urged his son to learn first ...
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THE LAND There Is Just Something About It | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Everts and Allie Puett | 21 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
became Bell Bill bought boys brother called camp carried cattle chief Choctaws close County Court cowboy Creek dangerous David David Haley death died early east Evetts father fighting followed force frontier Grandpa grass Haley Haley's hand hard head hold hope horses Indians interest Jackson John killed known land later leaving letter living looked Major Major Haley Mama March married memory Midland miles Mississippi Moffat moved named nature never night noted once Papa passed Plains President ranch range recall record removal returned River road saddle seemed sense settled sometimes South Southern spirit spring story struggle Tennessee Texas took town Trace trail treaty turned Uncle wrote
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family Chronicle |
| Autor/in | James Evetts Haley |
| Verlag | Palo Duro Press, 1976 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 7. Nov. 2007 |
| Länge | 196 Seiten |
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