LEADER 03963nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910811726703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79756-7 024 7 $a10.7560/701663 035 $a(CKB)1000000000453891 035 $a(OCoLC)60570075 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10217898 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238772 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176040 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238772 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234182 035 $a(PQKB)11652665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443159 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443159 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217898 035 $a(DE-B1597)587332 035 $a(OCoLC)1286808491 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797567 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000453891 100 $a20031204d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe river has never divided us $ea border history of La Junta de Los Rios /$fJefferson Morgenthaler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 225 1 $aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 13 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70166-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tForgotten -- $tJunie -- $tThe Land -- $tLa Junta -- $tBefore 1830 -- $tThe Promised Land -- $tAnglos Arrive -- $tIn Doniphan?s Wake -- $tJack Hays Gets Lost -- $tWhiting Draws the Line -- $tForty-Niners -- $tScalp Hunting Redux -- $tA Sudden Death -- $tThe End of Isolation -- $tRailroads and Ranches -- $tThe Armies -- $tSkillman?s Raiders -- $tThe Rise and Fall of John Burgess -- $tThe End of the Mescaleros -- $tVictor Ochoa -- $tToribio Ortega?s Rebellion -- $tOrozco and Huerta -- $tPancho Villa -- $tPunitive Expeditions -- $tThe Spencers -- $tPablo Acosta -- $tRick Thompson -- $tRiver and Border -- $tGilbert Spencer -- $tAn Afternoon with Enrique -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aNot quite the United States and not quite Mexico, La Junta de los Rios straddles the border between Texas and Chihuahua, occupying the basin formed by the conjunction of the Rio Grande and the Rio Conchos. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the Chihuahuan Desert, ranking in age and dignity with the Anasazi pueblos of New Mexico. In the first comprehensive history of the region, Jefferson Morgenthaler traces the history of La Junta de los Rios from the formation of the Mexico-Texas border in the mid-19th century to the 1997 ambush shooting of teenage goatherd Esquiel Hernandez by U.S. Marines performing drug interdiction in El Polvo, Texas. "Though it is scores of miles from a major highway, I found natives, soldiers, rebels, bandidos, heroes, scoundrels, drug lords, scalp hunters, medal winners, and mystics," writes Morgenthaler. "I found love, tragedy, struggle, and stories that have never been told." In telling the turbulent history of this remote valley oasis, he examines the consequences of a national border running through a community older than the invisible line that divides it. 410 0$aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 13. 607 $aLa Junta de los Rios (Tex.)$xHistory 607 $aLa Junta de los Rios (Tex.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aLa Junta de los Rios (Tex.)$vBiography 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zMexico 607 $aMexico$xRelations$zUnited States 676 $a972/.16 700 $aMorgenthaler$b George J$01672170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811726703321 996 $aThe river has never divided us$94043000 997 $aUNINA