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Dearen, Patrick.

Devils River Treacherous Twin to the Pecos: 1535-1900 / [Recurso electrónico] : Patrick Dearen. - Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (ix, 221 p. :) ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.

A river unique -- Spanish attempts at conquest -- Blazing the Devils Trail -- Dead Man's Pass -- By mail coach and hoof -- An Army post at Second Crossing -- The San Antonio to San Diego mail -- Indian trouble -- Gray replaces Blue -- The Devils Indian war -- Black Seminoles to the rescue -- Avenging in Mexico -- Last of the arrows -- Coming of the Southern Pacific -- The big cattle drift -- Horn, fleece, and drouth -- Badmen rise up -- A potential for sudden death -- Fang, claw, and buffalo hides -- The Devil's brood.

Libro Electrónico

ISBN: 9780875654508 0875654509

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--Devils River Valley (Crockett County-Val Verde County, Tex.)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Devils River Valley (Crockett County-Val Verde County, Tex.)--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F392.D47 / D43 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 976.4/875