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 785
... Brownsville , that had grown up around Fort Brown . In 1849 , along with all the lower river towns but Mier , and with only one doctor of medicine in the valley , Brownsville was swept by an epidemic of cholera . Upriver California ...
... Brownsville , that had grown up around Fort Brown . In 1849 , along with all the lower river towns but Mier , and with only one doctor of medicine in the valley , Brownsville was swept by an epidemic of cholera . Upriver California ...
Page 789
... Brownsville as a boy - drunkard , terrorizing the streets with his threats and oaths . One day he appeared naked on horseback , riding in and out of stores and saloons , defying arrest . The sheriff shot him in the arm and lodged him ...
... Brownsville as a boy - drunkard , terrorizing the streets with his threats and oaths . One day he appeared naked on horseback , riding in and out of stores and saloons , defying arrest . The sheriff shot him in the arm and lodged him ...
Page 838
... Brownsville . The occupation interrupted the cotton trade out of Brownsville . Cotton was now hauled overland from San Antonio warehouses to Eagle Pass far upriver , where remained the only Mexican port of entry above Matamoros ...
... Brownsville . The occupation interrupted the cotton trade out of Brownsville . Cotton was now hauled overland from San Antonio warehouses to Eagle Pass far upriver , where remained the only Mexican port of entry above Matamoros ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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