Fort Concho And The Texas Frontier
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Fort Concho And The Texas Frontier
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Author : J. Evetts Haley
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-27
Fort Concho And The Texas Frontier written by J. Evetts Haley and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book, which was first published in 1952, first began as a history of San Angelo and the adjacent region drained by the Conchos rivers. It grew, in writing, into a history of West Texas. It embodies author J. Evetts Haley’s unequaled knowledge of the country from the Rio Grande to the Canadian, from San Antonio and Austin to the border of New Mexico. It could have been written only by a man familiar by personal acquaintance with the location of every water hole and spring, the exploration of every trail from Coronado’s to the Overland Mail, the great cattle drives of the seventies and eighties, the establishment of every military post, and the shifting Indian policies of the United States from the annexation of Texas to the final retirement of the Comanches to the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). Haley has an intimate knowledge of hundreds of salty characters who played their picturesque roles in transforming the land from nature to civilization. Haley possesses all this equipment—gained from intensive study, personal experience, and thoughtful reflection—for writing a vivid story. Five previous books and unnumbered articles on phases of the region contribute to the facility with which he tells this stirring tale and account of its comprehensiveness. It is no less than a history of West Texas in its heroic age.
Fort Concho And The Texas Frontier
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Author : James Evetts Haley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Fort Concho And The Texas Frontier written by James Evetts Haley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Fort Concho (Tex.) categories.
Fort Concho
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Author : James T. Matthews
language : en
Publisher: Fred Rider Cotten Popular Hist
Release Date : 2005
Fort Concho written by James T. Matthews and has been published by Fred Rider Cotten Popular Hist this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
In the fall of 1867 the United States Army established a permanent camp on the plateau where the North and Middle Concho rivers join. For centuries, this high open plateau had remained barren except for passing expeditions or Native American hunting parties. The establishment of Fort Concho provided a vital link in the line of frontier defense and led to the development of the town of San Angelo across the North Concho River from the military post. In more than twenty years of federal service, Fort Concho was home to companies of fifteen regiments in the regular United States Army, including Col. Ranald S. Mackenzie's Fourth Cavalry and Col. Benjamin Grierson's Tenth Cavalry of buffalo soldiers. The post provided a focal point for major campaigns against the Comanches, Kiowas, and Apaches. Patrols from Fort Concho charted vast areas of western Texas and provided a climate for settlement on the Texas frontier. Today Fort Concho stands restored, thanks to numerous preservation efforts, as a memorial to all the peoples who struggled to survive on the plateau where the rivers join. Fort Concho A History and a Guide by James T. Matthews has been hailed by Fort Concho director Bob Bluthardt as "the first book on the history of the fort in fifty years." Fort Concho is another title in the Texas State Historical Association's Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series, which publishes short books about important historical sites or events in Texas history. Number Eighteen: Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series
A Texas Frontier
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Author : Ty Cashion
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
A Texas Frontier written by Ty Cashion and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with History categories.
diversification to form a ranching-based social and economic way of life. The process turned a largely southern people into westerners. Others helped shape the history of the Clear Fork country as well. Notable among them were Anglo men and women - some of them earnest settlers, others unscrupulous opportunists - who followed the first pioneers; Indians of various tribes who claimed the land as their own or who were forcibly settled there by the white government; and.
Frontier Forts Of Texas
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Author : Bill O'Neal
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2018-03-05
Frontier Forts Of Texas written by Bill O'Neal and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-05 with History categories.
With its vast size and long frontier period, Texas was the scene of more combat events between Native American warriors and Anglo soldiers and settlers than any other state or territory. The US Army, therefore, erected more military outposts in Texas, a tradition begun by Spanish soldados and their presidios. Settlers built blockhouses and even stockades, the most famous of which was Parker's Fort, the site of an infamous massacre in 1836. Successive north to south lines of Army forts attempted to screen westward-moving settlers from war parties, while border posts stretched along the Rio Grande from Fort Brown on the Gulf of Mexico to Fort Bliss at El Paso del Norte. Texas was the site of the first US Cavalry regiment employed against horseback warriors, as well as the experimental US Camel Corps. From Robert E. Lee to Albert Sidney Johnston to Ranald Mackenzie, the Army's finest officers served out of Texas forts, and 61 Medals of Honor were earned by soldiers campaigning in the Lone Star State.
Fort Concho Its Why And Wherefore
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Author : James N. Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Fort Concho Its Why And Wherefore written by James N. Gregory and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with History categories.
"Fort Concho: Its Why and Wherefore" by James N. Gregory. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Fort Davis
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Author : Robert Wooster
language : en
Publisher: Fred Rider Cotten Popular Hist
Release Date : 1994
Fort Davis written by Robert Wooster and has been published by Fred Rider Cotten Popular Hist this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
A short study of Fort Davis, a U.S. Army post located in West Texas, tracing its history from the mid-1850s, through the Civil War, use by African-American troops, and how it influenced the frontier military unit.
Standing In The Gap
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Author : Loyd Uglow
language : en
Publisher: TCU Press
Release Date : 2001
Standing In The Gap written by Loyd Uglow and has been published by TCU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
"Large military posts have been examined in detail in numerous books written about the Texas frontier, but the importance of smaller outposts and picket stations has been generally overlooked. In Standing in the Gap, Loyd M. Uglow examines these smaller outposts in relation to the larger forts that controlled them and explores their significance in military strategy and the pacification of the frontier. The army's role in the settlement of West Texas has been, until now, explained through biographies of prominent officers and histories of both Indian campaigns and the larger forts. With only passing mention of outposts such as Grierson's Spring, Van Horn's Wells, and Pecos Station in these texts, the stories of minor posts have gone, for the most part, untold.".
Soldiers Sutlers And Settlers
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Author : Robert Wooster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Soldiers Sutlers And Settlers written by Robert Wooster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Texas' frontiers in the 1840s were buffeted by disputes with Mexico and attacks by Indian tribes who refused to give up their lifestyles to make way for new settlers. To ensure some measure of peace in the far reaches of Texas, the U.S. Army established a series of military forts in the state. These outposts varied in size and amenities, but the typical installation was staffed with officers, enlisted men, medical personnel, and civilian laundresses. Many soldiers brought their families to the frontier stations. While faced with the hardships of post life, wives and children helped create a more congenial environment for everyone. Book jacket.
On The Border With Mackenzie
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Author : Capt. R. G. Carter
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2018-02-27
On The Border With Mackenzie written by Capt. R. G. Carter and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When it was first published in 1935, On the Border with Mackenzie, or Winning West Texas from the Comanches quickly became known as the most complete account of the Indian Wars on the Texas frontier during the 1870s, and remains one of the most exhaustive histories ever written by an actual participant in the Texas Indian Wars. The author, Capt. Robert G. Carter, a Union Army veteran and West Point graduate, was appointed in 1870 to serve as second lieutenant in the Fourth United States Cavalry stationed at Fort Concho, Texas. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in action against the Indians occurring on October 10, 1871, during the battle of Blanco Canyon. Led by Col. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, the Fourth Cavalry moved its headquarters to Fort Richardson, Texas, in 1871 where they soon became one of the most effective units on the western frontier. Among the battles and skirmishes they participated in were the Warren wagon train raid of 1871; the Kicking Bird pursuit of 1871; the Remolino fight of 1873; the Red River War of 1874-75; and the Black Hills War of 1876. “...a splendid contribution to the early frontier history of West Texas...a story filled with humor and pathos, tragedies and triumphs, hunger and thirst, war and adventure.”—L. F. Sheffy “...[Carter] pulls no punches in this outspoken narrative, and the reader always knows where he stands.”—John H. Jenkins, Texas Basic Books “...essential to any study of the Indian Wars of the Southern Plains.”—Charles Robinson, Foreword
