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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Seite 88
... rode his favorite horse across its productive acres , engaging his mind with its problems , he found spiritual peace and philosophic solace , like all troubled men before and since , in the disci- plines of sun and storm - the vagaries ...
... rode his favorite horse across its productive acres , engaging his mind with its problems , he found spiritual peace and philosophic solace , like all troubled men before and since , in the disci- plines of sun and storm - the vagaries ...
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... rode off to Bill's simple little ranch home near the Grove seven or eight miles north of Moffat -— a log hut with a dirt floor and a fire place at which to do the cooking . In between his trips with cattle up the Texas Trail , they were ...
... rode off to Bill's simple little ranch home near the Grove seven or eight miles north of Moffat -— a log hut with a dirt floor and a fire place at which to do the cooking . In between his trips with cattle up the Texas Trail , they were ...
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... rode up and called out of the night . Mama , then a small girl , went to the door to try to learn what the callers wanted . They refused to make themselves known , but asked where Grandpa was and when expected home . Failing to find out ...
... rode up and called out of the night . Mama , then a small girl , went to the door to try to learn what the callers wanted . They refused to make themselves known , but asked where Grandpa was and when expected home . Failing to find out ...
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THE LAND | 1 |
To Troubled Texas | 9 |
Bill Evetts and Allie Puett | 19 |
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Arkansas Bell County Benton County Bill Evetts boys Brazos brother calves camp cattle Chickasaw Choctaw Nation cited clan Cora Coryell County cotton Court cowboy cowmen Cumberland 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 valley wagon Washington Washington-on-the-Brazos wrote