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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His real estate holdings were valued at $ 40,000 , while only one man in prosperous Washington County — a region noted for its fine black soil - had land of greater value , a $ 50,000 estate . In time he moved to Booneville , the county ...
His real estate holdings were valued at $ 40,000 , while only one man in prosperous Washington County — a region noted for its fine black soil - had land of greater value , a $ 50,000 estate . In time he moved to Booneville , the county ...
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Meanwhile the noted Granny White had pushed on west , leaving stirring stories behind her . " Local tradition relates that in 1800 she had come over the mountains from North Carolina and down the valley into Roane County .
Meanwhile the noted Granny White had pushed on west , leaving stirring stories behind her . " Local tradition relates that in 1800 she had come over the mountains from North Carolina and down the valley into Roane County .
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But Herman Garrett , the man who first brought sheep there , stayed on , following their trend toward the Conchos to trade in them and invest in land . The San Angelo Standard , to which he was a longtime subscriber , noted , October 2 ...
But Herman Garrett , the man who first brought sheep there , stayed on , following their trend toward the Conchos to trade in them and invest in land . The San Angelo Standard , to which he was a longtime subscriber , noted , October 2 ...
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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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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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