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 509
... Gulf Coast had access to foreign commerce , while Coahuila , all inland , lived on a straggle of internal commerce . Inhabited Texas with her meadow- lands and rains from the Gulf was mainly farming country , while arid Coahuila was ...
... Gulf Coast had access to foreign commerce , while Coahuila , all inland , lived on a straggle of internal commerce . Inhabited Texas with her meadow- lands and rains from the Gulf was mainly farming country , while arid Coahuila was ...
Page 610
... Gulf lands were bright with an illimitable reach of wildflowers . " . . . . The flowers during today's march were gloriously rich ; conspicuous above all were the Texan plume , a beautiful scarlet flower , the Mexican poppy , and the ...
... Gulf lands were bright with an illimitable reach of wildflowers . " . . . . The flowers during today's march were gloriously rich ; conspicuous above all were the Texan plume , a beautiful scarlet flower , the Mexican poppy , and the ...
Page 704
... Gulf and the Rio Grande littoral . Time and again the huge American encampment was beaten down by wind , rain , thunder and lightning . The issue tents were unequal to the tempests - even if they stood , the tents " afforded but little ...
... Gulf and the Rio Grande littoral . Time and again the huge American encampment was beaten down by wind , rain , thunder and lightning . The issue tents were unequal to the tempests - even if they stood , the tents " afforded but little ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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