Research Catalog

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Description

1. 320 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits; 24 cm

Subject

1. Frontier and pioneer life > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
2. Criminals > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
3. Law enforcement > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
4. Criminels > Grande, Vallée du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
5. Lois > Application > Grande, Vallée du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.)
6. Criminals
7. Frontier and pioneer life
8. Law enforcement
9. Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > History
10. Grande, Vallée du rio (Col.-Mexique et Tex.) > Histoire
11. North America > Rio Grande Valley

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. My arrival in Texas -- The light hearted friendly city I found -- They their own cowpunchers -- A visit to the headquarters of an early border ranch -- The clearing of the mesquite and cactus -- High water in the Rio Grande -- The creation of Hidalgo County in 1852 -- That dusky looking old Texan -- The old-timey border politicians -- The sugar and rice industry in the Rio Grande Valley -- How the citrus industry came about -- Early day travel and transportation -- Deep water port advocated for the Rio Grande Valley -- Rumblings of a revolution in Mexico -- The battle of the Matamoros -- The notorious Pancho Villa, cold-blooded bandit -- The San Diego plot -- Attack on Norias and the facts of who was there -- The murder of Donaldson and Smith by Mexican bandits -- Mexican bandits wreck the night train -- The sneak attack on an outpost at Ojo de Agua Ranch --The brazen attack by Villa on Columbus, New Mexico -- My appointment as Chief Scout, U.S. Army -- Smuggling arms into Mexico along the coast -- It was a beautiful night for scouting -- My official trip to Mier, Mexico -- I rode into a Mexican bandit ambuscade -- European war rumblings affected the Mexican border -- A woman smuggler and her strange bustle -- Don Felipe and his odd load of contraband -- The murder of Mounted Inspector Fred Tate -- I the entered the U.S. Army Intelligence Service -- The tough Greek from Pennsylvania -- We found two barefoot Portugese [sic] aliens in the desert -- The notorious town of San Diego, Duval County, Texas -- We overtook a loaded pack train returning to Mexico -- We were expecting a gun fight and found it -- If we were awake we were supposed to be working -- Texas State Rangers were sent into the district -- The murder of Gregg Gibson by Mexican smugglers -- It was a stormy night but we didn't give up -- Captured bootleggers would tell the weirdest tales -- Two Portugese aliens and their holy disguises -- Cattle rustlers from Mexico -- My return trip to Sarita and how it paid off -- Some observations about Kenedy, Texas -- The Mexican wet-back, his troubles and tribulations -- Our catches on the river sometimes surprised us -- A blazing gun fight at Madero -- I worked alone and had my hands full -- The search for the redman car -- Sometimes our suspicions lead to a good catch -- Another hunch leads to a good catch -- We found an Italian alien wounded and left for dead -- A big city gangster gets foiled on the border -- Moonlight gun fight at the Chavez River crossing -- Pancho Chichillo and his vengeful girl friend -- An officer decoy helps to trap a gang -- A tricky bootlegger meets his waterloo.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain