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Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy

Title
  1. Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy / Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick.
Published by
  1. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2007.
Author
  1. Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-

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Additional authors
  1. Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-
Description
  1. xii, 430 p. : ill., map; 26 cm.
Series statement
  1. Perspectives on South Texas
Subject
  1. Kenedy, Petra Vela, 1823-1854
  2. Kenedy, Mifflin, 1818-1895
  3. Women ranchers > Rio Grande Valley > Biography
  4. Ranchers > Rio Grande Valley > Biography
  5. Ranch life > Rio Grande Valley > History > 19th century
  6. Married people > Rio Grande Valley > Biography
  7. Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
  8. Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Biography
  9. Texas, South > Biography
  10. Brownsville (Tex.) > Biography
Contents
  1. 1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quién viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita.
Call number
  1. ITRM (Rio Grande Valley) 07-6732
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.
Author
  1. Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-
Title
  1. Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy / Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick.
Imprint
  1. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2007.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Series
  1. Perspectives on South Texas
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.
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  1. Table of contents only
Added author
  1. Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-
LCCN
  1. 2007007775
ISBN
  1. 9781585446148 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 1585446149 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. ITRM (Rio Grande Valley) 07-6732
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