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The Devils River : treacherous twin to the Pecos, 1535-1900
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- Creator
- Patrick Dearen
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- ix, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780875654232, 0875654231
- OCLC
- ocn649700104
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
- A river unique -- Spanish attempts at conquest -- Blazing the Devils Trail -- Dead Man's Pass -- By mail coach and hoof -- An Army post at Second Crossing -- The San Antonio to San Diego mail -- Indian trouble -- Gray replaces Blue -- The Devils Indian war -- Black Seminoles to the rescue -- Avenging in Mexico -- Last of the arrows -- Coming of the Southern Pacific -- The big cattle drift -- Horn, fleece, and drouth -- Badmen rise up -- A potential for sudden death -- Fang, claw, and buffalo hides -- The Devil's brood