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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Mortal men wear out and die , while the discipline of the Plains , which for us is the awful force of God , eternally perseveres . Yet no greater adventure ever tilted her seductive head to lure my ardent people from settled and sedate ...
Mortal men wear out and die , while the discipline of the Plains , which for us is the awful force of God , eternally perseveres . Yet no greater adventure ever tilted her seductive head to lure my ardent people from settled and sedate ...
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The real change for the Staked Plains started in the early 1880's with the Texas and Pacific and the coming of the rails . For decades the dreams of America , from anxious emigrants thirsting for gold , to sober men ...
The real change for the Staked Plains started in the early 1880's with the Texas and Pacific and the coming of the rails . For decades the dreams of America , from anxious emigrants thirsting for gold , to sober men ...
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Mainly they were the skeletal evidence of cattle that had drifted south from the newly stocked ranges along the foot of the Plains , from the Colorado to the Canadian , before the biting blizzards that dealt such far reaching havoc ...
Mainly they were the skeletal evidence of cattle that had drifted south from the newly stocked ranges along the foot of the Plains , from the Colorado to the Canadian , before the biting blizzards that dealt such far reaching havoc ...
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Inhalt
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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