03963nam 2200637 a 450 991081172670332120200520144314.00-292-79756-710.7560/701663(CKB)1000000000453891(OCoLC)60570075(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217898(SSID)ssj0000238772(PQKBManifestationID)11176040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238772(PQKBWorkID)10234182(PQKB)11652665(MiAaPQ)EBC3443159(Au-PeEL)EBL3443159(CaPaEBR)ebr10217898(DE-B1597)587332(OCoLC)1286808491(DE-B1597)9780292797567(EXLCZ)99100000000045389120031204d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe river has never divided us a border history of La Junta de Los Rios /Jefferson Morgenthaler1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20041 online resource (356 p.) Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;no. 13Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-70166-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Forgotten -- Junie -- The Land -- La Junta -- Before 1830 -- The Promised Land -- Anglos Arrive -- In Doniphan’s Wake -- Jack Hays Gets Lost -- Whiting Draws the Line -- Forty-Niners -- Scalp Hunting Redux -- A Sudden Death -- The End of Isolation -- Railroads and Ranches -- The Armies -- Skillman’s Raiders -- The Rise and Fall of John Burgess -- The End of the Mescaleros -- Victor Ochoa -- Toribio Ortega’s Rebellion -- Orozco and Huerta -- Pancho Villa -- Punitive Expeditions -- The Spencers -- Pablo Acosta -- Rick Thompson -- River and Border -- Gilbert Spencer -- An Afternoon with Enrique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexNot quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico. In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it.Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;no. 13.La Junta de los Rios (Tex.)HistoryLa Junta de los Rios (Tex.)Social conditionsLa Junta de los Rios (Tex.)BiographyMexican-American Border RegionHistoryUnited StatesRelationsMexicoMexicoRelationsUnited States972/.16Morgenthaler George J1672170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811726703321The river has never divided us4043000UNINA