Petra's Legacy : The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy.
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- computer
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- 9781603444606
- Kenedy, Petra Vela, -- 1823-1885
- Kenedy, Mifflin, -- 1818-1895
- Women ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
- Ranchers -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
- Ranch life -- Rio Grande Valley -- History -- 19th century
- Married people -- Rio Grande Valley -- Biography
- Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- 976.4/405092;B
- F392.R5 -- M665 2007eb
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1823-54: "Into Her World"-Petra's Story -- 1823-54: "Into Her World"-Mifflins Story -- 1855-60: Forging a Life in Brownsville -- 1860-62: War Clouds Gather -- 1863: War Closes in on the Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65: Chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866: Home Again -- 1867-68: "Woe to Brownsville! Woe to Matamoros! -- 1869-71: "¿Quién 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 Los Laureles-The 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 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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