Rough Times, Tough Fiber: A Fragmentary Family ChroniclePalo Duro Press, 1976 - 196 pagini 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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Pagina 142
... nature , which in our clime is the frightful force of God , has her way . Those used to nothing else know not hard- ship . My people took the tough , which was the challenging way , by choice . Or if otherwise it was through the healthy ...
... nature , which in our clime is the frightful force of God , has her way . Those used to nothing else know not hard- ship . My people took the tough , which was the challenging way , by choice . Or if otherwise it was through the healthy ...
Pagina 156
... nature - taming my spirit just enough to make me very dear to her . Beyond which , I found in tragic time , there was little more to matter . Myrtle always Sister to us went next ; she so gay of spirit , so loyal to all our kith and kin ...
... nature - taming my spirit just enough to make me very dear to her . Beyond which , I found in tragic time , there was little more to matter . Myrtle always Sister to us went next ; she so gay of spirit , so loyal to all our kith and kin ...
Pagina 195
... nature , 6 Pokerville , village in Bell County , 112 Pope , Captain John , and survey , 145 ; crossed site of Midland , drilled for water , 146 Possession , the prices of , 163 Prairie dogs , extermination and results , 134 ff .; kept ...
... nature , 6 Pokerville , village in Bell County , 112 Pope , Captain John , and survey , 145 ; crossed site of Midland , drilled for water , 146 Possession , the prices of , 163 Prairie dogs , extermination and results , 134 ff .; kept ...
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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