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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The plantation lands that he cherished are now covered by a government lake , the storied Natchez Trace is commemorated by a modern concrete turnpike that passes nearby , the family graveyard and its once civilized environs are lost in ...
The plantation lands that he cherished are now covered by a government lake , the storied Natchez Trace is commemorated by a modern concrete turnpike that passes nearby , the family graveyard and its once civilized environs are lost in ...
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Once Lep wound up from a pitching spree with his two front feet hanging over the limb of a tree . ... and once while the family was of reasonable size , the children went to Grandma Vestal's for Christmas dinner , everyone mounted ...
Once Lep wound up from a pitching spree with his two front feet hanging over the limb of a tree . ... and once while the family was of reasonable size , the children went to Grandma Vestal's for Christmas dinner , everyone mounted ...
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Once when he had several thousand dollars on hand ... The reason , he said , was the fact that a vigilance committee had once caught one of the Everts men in unexplained possession of somebody else's horses , and thereupon hung him to a ...
Once when he had several thousand dollars on hand ... The reason , he said , was the fact that a vigilance committee had once caught one of the Everts men in unexplained possession of somebody else's horses , and thereupon hung him to a ...
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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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