This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...in the house. Still the rain fell in increasing torrents. It rained all night; all the next day; and the next. The whole valley was a solid sheet of water; the adobe buildings, which were not built to withstand such storms, began to crumble and to melt away. The Mexican farmers got water aplenty; and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...in the house. Still the rain fell in increasing torrents. It rained all night; all the next day; and the next. The whole valley was a solid sheet of water; the adobe buildings, which were not built to withstand such storms, began to crumble and to melt away. The Mexican farmers got water aplenty; and there was no fight. CHAPTER XIV The dangers and difficulties attendant to operating a transcontinental mail line is well described in an article written by C. Babock, in the Texas Almanac, published January 1, 1870. Relative to the San Antonio-El Paso mail line, it says, "This line starts from' San Antonio and runs via Boerne, Fredericksburg, Loyal Valley, Fort Concho, Camp Stockton (Fort Stockton), Fort Davis, Fort Quitman, Fort Bliss, to El Paso, a distance of 735 miles, carries the United States mail and passengers weekly.... From Fort Davis to Presidio del Norte, a distance of 100 miles (this distance applies to the old mail road), there is a weekly line carrying mail and passengers. "Entirely along this portion of the line the Comanches and Apaches, the most troublesome and bloodthirsty tribes of Indians, frequently commit severe depredations, not only to the mail line, but to the government trains and droves of cattle passing through the country. They frequently, by their skill (if it may be called such) stampede every hoof of stock belonging to a mail station, and more frequently, by the same means, manage to get possession of a whole cavayard (cavallado) of mules belonging to a government train, thus leaving the train and wagoners at a complete standstill, their train being loaded with stores for the different military posts along the lines, and they in a wild Indian country without food or water. As a matter of...
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Add this copy of Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country; a to cart. $47.78, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by Legare Street Press.
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Waldo Williams. Very good in fair jacket. 392 pages. Illus., map, index, front DJ flap price clipped, some wear to DJ edges: small edge tears/chips. Signed by the author. Reprint of the First Edition, originally published in 1919. An account of the discovery and development of Trans-Pecos Texas. The author did tremendous research for his material, not only in books and written records but by traveling thousands of miles in Big Bend Country to interview knowledgeable men and women who had played roles in building the area.
Add this copy of The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country. a to cart. $75.00, good condition, Sold by Brazos Bend Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1919 by Rahtbooks Co..
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Good. Book Good. Blue cloth of the binding is a bit rubbed and edge-worn, but still presentable. Gilt tilting and decoration on front cover remains strong, a little dulled on the spine. Front and rear interior hinges are weak, but holding. First two endpages bear the (Y7 Ranch) bookplate of W. R. Ferguson. Contents in solid shape, although therre's some browning to pages 34-35 where a small news article was once stored.
Add this copy of The Romance of Davis Mountains and Big Bend Country to cart. $80.00, fair condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1919 by Rahtbooks Company.
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Book. Octavo; 381 pages; G-; Blue cloth spine with Gold text; Protected by mylar cover, boards shaken, fraying along spine edges, rubbing along edges and at corners, sunning to spine; Textblock has age toning, partial splitting along hinge between front endpaper and pastedown, split hinge between rear endpaper and pastedown, partial separation of frontispiece, split hinge between frontispiece and title page, writing in pencil on rear endpaper; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1334897. FP New Rockville Stock.
