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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Page 807
... Fort Brown at Brownsville , Ringgold Barracks at Rio Grande City , Fort McIntosh at Laredo , Fort Duncan at Eagle Pass - and were named for officers who had died in the river campaign . Others — often named for veterans of the war in ...
... Fort Brown at Brownsville , Ringgold Barracks at Rio Grande City , Fort McIntosh at Laredo , Fort Duncan at Eagle Pass - and were named for officers who had died in the river campaign . Others — often named for veterans of the war in ...
Page 812
... Fort Union was immediately established and construction begun . For thirty years Fort Union was to be the headquarters and supply depot of the Army in New Mexico . All Missouri trails converged there . It was the eastern gateway to New ...
... Fort Union was immediately established and construction begun . For thirty years Fort Union was to be the headquarters and supply depot of the Army in New Mexico . All Missouri trails converged there . It was the eastern gateway to New ...
Page 996
... Fort Brown , Texas . See Fort Texas Fort Clark , Texas , 807 Fort Conrad ( Hay Camp ) , New Mex- ico , 812 , 824-25 Fort Craig , New Mexico , 810 , 812 , 817 , 823 , 824 , 826 , 827 , 829 Fort Davis , Texas , 507 Fort Duncan , Texas ...
... Fort Brown , Texas . See Fort Texas Fort Clark , Texas , 807 Fort Conrad ( Hay Camp ) , New Mex- ico , 812 , 824-25 Fort Craig , New Mexico , 810 , 812 , 817 , 823 , 824 , 826 , 827 , 829 Fort Davis , Texas , 507 Fort Duncan , Texas ...
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A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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