De Leon, a Tejano family history / Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crimm, A. Carolina Castillo, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leon, Martin de, 1765-1833.

Leon, Martin de.

Leon family.

Escandón, José de, 1700-1770.

Escandón, José de.

Mexican Americans--Texas--Victoria--Biography.

Mexican Americans.

Pioneers--Texas--Victoria--Biography.

Pioneers.

Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Victoria.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Frontier and pioneer life--Mexico, North.

Victoria (Tex.)--Biography.

Victoria (Tex.).

Victoria (Tex.)--History.

Victoria (Tex.)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

La familia de León was one of the foundation stones on which Texas was built. Martín de León and his wife Patricia de la Garza left a comfortable life in Mexico for the hardships and uncertainties of the Texas frontier in 1801. Together, they established family ranches in South Texas and, in 1824, the town of Victoria and the de León colony on the Guadalupe River (along with Stephen F. Austin's colony, the only completely successful colonization effort in Texas). They and their descendents survived and prospered under four governments, as the society in which they lived evolved from autocratic to republican and the economy from which they drew their livelihood changed from one of mercantile control to one characterized by capitalistic investments. Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family. She follows Martín and Patricia from their beginnings in Mexico through the establishment of the family ranches in Texas and the founding of the de León colony and the town of Victoria. Then she details how, after Martín's death in 1834, Patricia and her children endured the Texas Revolution, exile in New Orleans and Mexico, expropriation of their lands, and, after returning to Texas, years of legal battles to regain their property. Representative of the experiences of many Tejanos whose stories have yet to be written, the history of the de León family is the story of the Tejano settlers of Texas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Maps

Notes on Terminology

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prologue

CHAPTER 1 Settling New Spain’s Northern Frontier, 1750–1800

CHAPTER 2 The de León Ranches in Texas, 1800–1813

CHAPTER 3 Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria, 1813–1828

CHAPTER 4 Problems, 1828–1834

CHAPTER 5 Tejanos and the Texas Revolution, 1834–1835

CHAPTER 6 Revolution and Exile, 1835–1845

CHAPTER 7 Fighting for the Land, 1845–1853

CHAPTER 8 Tejanos in Texas, 1853–1880

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-299) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-79758-3

OCLC:

636827069