Soldiers Sutlers And Settlers
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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.
Soldiers And Settlers
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Author : Darlis A. Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Soldiers And Settlers written by Darlis A. Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
"The Southwest developed a mixed economy in an era when laissez-faire capitalism dominated. The army's demand for bread and beef, for instance, created the flour-milling and cattle industries of the Southwest. Moreover, the frontier army was the single largest employer of civilians and relied on them for much of the skilled labor needed in everything from building forts to shoeing horses"--Introd.
Texas Flags
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date :
Texas Flags written by and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Frontier Crossroads
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Author : Robert Wooster
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2006
Frontier Crossroads written by Robert Wooster and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The idea of the West conjures exciting images of tenacious men and women, huge expanses of unclaimed territory, and feelings of both adventure and lonesome isolation. Located astride communication lines linking San Antonio, El Paso, Presidio, and Chihuahua City, the United States Army?s post at Fort Davis commanded a strategic position at a military, cultural, and economic crossroads of nineteenth-century Texas. Using extensive research and careful scrutiny of long forgotten records, Robert Wooster brings his readers into the world of Fort Davis, a place of encounter, conquest, and community. The fort here spawned a thriving civilian settlement and served as the economic nexus for regional development Frontier Crossroads schools its readers in the daily lives of soldiers, their dependents, and civilians at the fort and in the surrounding area. The resulting history of the intriguing blend of Hispanic, African American, Anglo, and European immigrants who came to Fort Davis is a benchmark volume that will serve as the standard to which other post histories will be compared. The military garrisons of Fort Davis represented a rich mosaic of nineteenth-century American life. Each of the army?s four black regiments served there following the Civil War, and its garrisons engaged in many of the army?s grueling campaigns against Apache and Comanche Indians. Characters such as artist and officer Arthur T. Lee, William "Pecos Bill" Shafter, and Benjamin Grierson and his family come alive under Wooster?s pen. Frontier Crossroads will enrich its readers with its careful analysis of life on the frontier. This book will appeal to military and social historians, Texas history buffs, and those seeking a record of adventure.
Arkansas Forgotten Land Of Plenty
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Author : Ronald R. Switzer
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-10-14
Arkansas Forgotten Land Of Plenty written by Ronald R. Switzer and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-14 with History categories.
In the first decades of the 1800s, white Americans entered the rugged lands of Arkansas, which they had little explored before. They established new towns and developed commercial enterprises alongside Native Americans indigenous to Arkansas and other tribes and nations that had relocated there from the East. This history is also the story of Arkansas's people, and is told through numerous biographies, highlighting early life in frontier Arkansas over a period of 200 years. The book provides a categorical look at commerce and portrays the social diversity represented by both prominent and common Arkansans--all grappling for success against extraordinary circumstances.
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.".
A Review Of The Department Of Defense S Report On Predatory Lending Practices Directed At Members Of The Armed Forces And Their Dependents
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
A Review Of The Department Of Defense S Report On Predatory Lending Practices Directed At Members Of The Armed Forces And Their Dependents written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Women Of Empire
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Author : Verity McInnis
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2017-11-09
Women Of Empire written by Verity McInnis 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 2017-11-09 with Social Science categories.
In his Rules for Wife Behavior, Colonel Joseph Whistler summed up his expectations for his new bride: “You will remember you are not in command of anything except the cook.” Although their roles were circumscribed, the wives of army officers stationed in British India and the U.S. West commanded considerable influence, as Verity McInnis reveals in this comparative study of two female populations in two global locations. Women of Empire adds a previously unexplored dimension to our understanding of the connections between gender and imperialism in the nineteenth century. McInnis examines the intersections of class, race, and gender to reveal social spaces where female identity and power were both contested and constructed. Officers’ wives often possessed the authority to direct and maintain the social, cultural, and political ambitions of empire. By transferring and adapting white middle-class cultural values and customs to military installations, they created a new social reality—one that restructured traditional boundaries. In both the British and American territorial holdings, McInnis shows, military wives held pivotal roles, creating and controlling the processes that upheld national aims. In so doing, these women feminized formal and informal military practices in ways that strengthened their own status and identities. Despite the differences between rigid British social practices and their less formal American counterparts, military women in India and the U.S. West followed similar trajectories as they designed and maintained their imperial identity. Redefining the officer’s wife as a power holder and an active contributor to national prestige, Women of Empire opens a new, nuanced perspective on the colonial experience—and on the complex nexus of gender, race, and imperial practice.
Peddlers And Post Traders
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Author : David M. Delo
language : en
Publisher: Kingfisher Books
Release Date : 1998-12
Peddlers And Post Traders written by David M. Delo and has been published by Kingfisher Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Settlers In A Restless Land
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Author : Dot Scott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12-30
Settlers In A Restless Land written by Dot Scott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-30 with categories.
After Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo, the soldiers returned home to poverty. Settlers who then left their homelands to settle in foreign lands faced attacks by hostile Xhosas, yet they journeyed bravely to their new homesteads.