Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChroniclePalo Duro Press, 1976 - 196 Seiten Tracing 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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... force . Next day Bishop and Evetts scouted the lay of the land to find that the Yankees had pulled out , retreating toward Brazos Santiago and the mouth of the river . On July 30 , 1864 , Rip Ford's advance forces moved in and occupied ...
... force . Next day Bishop and Evetts scouted the lay of the land to find that the Yankees had pulled out , retreating toward Brazos Santiago and the mouth of the river . On July 30 , 1864 , Rip Ford's advance forces moved in and occupied ...
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... force of freedom unleashing the youthful vigors of the American people ; the place that dangerous trail that pointed the boldly imaginative into the turbulent and hence se- ductive Southwest ; the hot blood that of derring - do ever ...
... force of freedom unleashing the youthful vigors of the American people ; the place that dangerous trail that pointed the boldly imaginative into the turbulent and hence se- ductive Southwest ; the hot blood that of derring - do ever ...
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... force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over the Indians , and histor- ians have held that its real purpose was " to force removal . " At the same time the Creeks and Cherokees , having lost in ...
... force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over the Indians , and histor- ians have held that its real purpose was " to force removal . " At the same time the Creeks and Cherokees , having lost in ...
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Arkansas Bell County Benton County Bill Evetts boys Brazos brother camp cattle Chickasaw Choctaw Nation cited clan Cora Coryell County cotton Court cowboy cowmen Cumberland Mountain David Haley died drouth early Evetts family Evetts Haley father federal fighting frontier Grainger County grass Greenwood LeFlore Haley's head herd horses Indians Jackson James Haley Jim Evetts John Cloud John Haley killed land LeFlore living Major David Major Haley Mama Mama's married McElwee memory mesquite Mexican Midland miles Mingo Mississippi Moffat moved named Natchez Trace nature never night Papa Pecos Powhatan Ellis President Puett ranch range record Richland Creek ride River road Roane County rode saddle settled Sevier Smith County South Southern spirit Sterling County struggle Tennessee Texans Texas took Tough Fiber town trail treaty Uncle Durward Uncle Farrar valley wagon Washington-on-the-Brazos wrote