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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... took Brownsville , the crucial Texas border town through which contraband cotton so vital to Texas was moving to market in Mexico , Colonel John S. Ford was ordered into San Antonio to recruit a force and recover the outpost .
... took Brownsville , the crucial Texas border town through which contraband cotton so vital to Texas was moving to market in Mexico , Colonel John S. Ford was ordered into San Antonio to recruit a force and recover the outpost .
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The time was supercharged with that dynamic 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 seductive Southwest ...
The time was supercharged with that dynamic 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 seductive Southwest ...
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Though it carried no hint of force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over the Indians , and historians have held that its real purpose was “ to force removal . ” exemption from state laws posed ...
Though it carried no hint of force , Jackson made it perfectly plain that it meant the extension of state laws over the Indians , and historians have held that its real purpose was “ to force removal . ” exemption from state laws posed ...
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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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