Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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... forks were well to the southeast of it . Going into Mexico , the warriors took the western fork . Returning they took the eastern . Their objectives were ranches , farms , villages , mines in northern Mexico , even as far as Durango ...
... forks were well to the southeast of it . Going into Mexico , the warriors took the western fork . Returning they took the eastern . Their objectives were ranches , farms , villages , mines in northern Mexico , even as far as Durango ...
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... California . It passed the Pecos River at Horsehead Crossing about a hundred miles above the Rio Grande , and presently divided into two forks . One pointed north to Colorado 882 Book Four : The United States Rio Grande.
... California . It passed the Pecos River at Horsehead Crossing about a hundred miles above the Rio Grande , and presently divided into two forks . One pointed north to Colorado 882 Book Four : The United States Rio Grande.
Page 883
Paul Horgan. divided into two forks . One pointed north to Colorado . The other crossed the Rio Grande at Las Cruces and followed the old road to San Diego . The cattle made trails that showed many narrow grooves side by side - marks of ...
Paul Horgan. divided into two forks . One pointed north to Colorado . The other crossed the Rio Grande at Las Cruces and followed the old road to San Diego . The cattle made trails that showed many narrow grooves side by side - marks of ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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