03234nam 2200709Ia 450 991081708070332120230207232720.01-299-05347-51-60344-460-2(CKB)2560000000053250(OCoLC)650017825(CaPaEBR)ebrary10436021(SSID)ssj0000531091(PQKBManifestationID)11373258(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531091(PQKBWorkID)10588133(PQKB)10370435(MiAaPQ)EBC3037843(MdBmJHUP)muse1185(Au-PeEL)EBL3037843(CaPaEBR)ebr10436021(CaONFJC)MIL436597(EXLCZ)99256000000005325020070222d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPetra's legacy the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy /Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20071 online resource (445 p.) Perspectives on south TexasBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58544-614-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.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 : "quien 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.Perspectives on south Texas.Women ranchersRio Grande ValleyBiographyRanchersRio Grande ValleyBiographyRanch lifeRio Grande ValleyHistory19th centuryMarried peopleRio Grande ValleyBiographyRio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)Social life and customs19th centuryRio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)BiographyTexas, SouthBiographyBrownsville (Tex.)BiographyWomen ranchersRanchersRanch lifeHistoryMarried people976.4/405092BMonday Jane Clements1941-1619902Vick Frances Brannen1935-1090674MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817080703321Petra's legacy3952399UNINA