Devils River [electronic resource] : treacherous twin to the Pecos, 1535-1900 / Patrick Dearen.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (ix, 221 p. :) ill., mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780875654508
- 0875654509
- 976.4/875 22
- F392.D47 D43 2011
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.
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