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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... seemed to suggest the answer , for there is nothing more durable than tradition . Around our family hearths from childhood we had heard the compelling calls of duty and of honor . After lands and chattels and ways of life were gone ...
... seemed to suggest the answer , for there is nothing more durable than tradition . Around our family hearths from childhood we had heard the compelling calls of duty and of honor . After lands and chattels and ways of life were gone ...
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... seemed to have been the jealous and captious rumors , evidently credited by Jackson himself , at least when it fur- thered his political purpose , that Haley and LeFlore had supported the Indians ' removal in order to profit from ...
... seemed to have been the jealous and captious rumors , evidently credited by Jackson himself , at least when it fur- thered his political purpose , that Haley and LeFlore had supported the Indians ' removal in order to profit from ...
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... seemed to me , as I watched his merry manipulations from my sick bed - common sense , calomel , castor oil , quinine and good cheer . He treated all the Haley children , died at ninety - six years , and left us mellow memories of the ...
... seemed to me , as I watched his merry manipulations from my sick bed - common sense , calomel , castor oil , quinine and good cheer . He treated all the Haley children , died at ninety - six years , and left us mellow memories of the ...
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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