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Texan ranch life : with three months through Mexico in a "Prairie Schooner" / by Mary J. Jaques.
LIBRA F391 .J36 1989
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaques, Mary J.
- Series:
- Southwest landmark ; no. 7.
- Southwest landmark ; no. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jaques, Mary J--Homes and haunts--Texas.
- Jaques, Mary J.
- Ranch life.
- History.
- Texas.
- Ranch life--Texas--History--19th century.
- Texas--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Mexico--Description and travel.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 1989.
- Contents:
- Leaving England
- Voyage to New York
- New York
- Niagara to San Antonio
- The History of the Alamo
- San Antonio
- Kerville, and Arrival at Lechuza Ranch
- Domestic Life at Lechuza Ranch
- Branding, and First Ride to Junction City
- Rounding up Cattle, and Cow Outfits
- "Roping."
- Hailstorm
- Coyotes, Skunks, and Flowers
- Texan Dancing, Riding, and Driving
- Sheep Dipping
- Breaking in Bronchos
- Visit to Texan Squatter
- Milking Cows
- Birds
- Ambulance Cases Two Benighted Travellers
- Duties of young Ranchmen
- Resources of Kimble County, Texas
- Picnic, Texan Dance
- First Visit to "The Field"
- Site and Plans for our New House
- Buying a Waggon and Team
- By "Sunset" Route from San Antonio to San Francisco
- The Yosemite Valley
- Chinese Quarter in San Francisco
- From San Francisco to Salt Lake City
- Through the Rockies to Fort Worth and San Antonio
- Return to Junction City
- Flood
- Settling in our New Home
- Tarantula
- Weevils
- Serenaders
- Domestic Life at "The Field."
- "Furious Riding through the Town Streets."
- Masonic Funeral
- Preparations for Christmas
- Pruning Fruit Trees
- Mr. Twohig's Imprisonment and Escape
- Cost of Fuel
- Stock Yards, &c., at San Antonio
- Surveying and Assessment
- Pelon Dog
- Catamount and other Pets
- Texan and Mexican Weddings
- The Crystal Column Cave
- Caught in a Thunderstorm
- Buggy Capsize
- Night at Stewart's Camp
- Visits from "Drummers."
- Independence Day
- The Lover's Leap
- Camp Meetings
- Letting "The Field."
- Farewell Party
- "Fixing" the Waggon
- Spanish Lessons
- The "Prairie Schooner" starts
- Visits en route
- Eagle Pass
- Bonding Waggon
- Mexican Money and Exchange
- Preparations for Crossing the Border
- Frontier Custom House
- Buying Matches
- Peyotes and Pellotes
- Cloete Ranch
- Crossing the Sabinas
- Monclova
- Monterey
- Topo Chico Springs
- Saltillo
- Disputed Boundary
- Courtship in Mexico
- Ponciano Diaz
- Bull Fight
- The Vara
- Fruit
- Hotel Patios
- Tipichil
- The Fiesta
- Leaving Saltillo
- Encantada
- Mexican Guest
- The Curandera
- Hacienda del Salado
- Employes on Hacienda
- Matehuala
- Catorce
- Vanegas
- Salt Works
- San Luis Potosi
- The Mint
- La Pila
- San Diego
- La Camal
- Troncas
- Dolores Hidalgo
- Hidalgo raises the "Grito."
- Morelos succeeds Hidalgo
- Augustin de Yturbide
- "The Three Guarantees."
- Independence of Mexico
- San Miguel de Allende
- Zerape Makers
- Giant Cacti, &c.
- Celaya
- Trasguerras
- Indian Procession
- Fray Sebastian
- Arriving at Queretaro
- Opals
- Maximilian
- Hercules Mill
- San Juan del Rio
- Wayside Crosses
- Accident to Waggon
- Tula
- The Tajo de Nochistongo
- Arrival at City of Mexico
- Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
- The Capilla del Pocito
- Hotels
- The Viga Canal
- Lavanderas
- Cathedral
- Pinates
- Christ Church
- Theatres
- Our Party Breaks Up
- Mules, Pony, "Prairie Schooner," &c., Sold
- Santa Gertrudis Mine
- "Patio" Process
- Apam
- Pulque
- Museum at City of Mexico
- Aztec Gods
- Nahoan Indian Superstitions
- The Aguador
- Mexican Servants
- Mexican Races
- Origin of National Emblem
- "Noche Triste" Tree
- Chapultepec
- Rare Flowers
- National Library, &c
- The Army
- Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl
- Cholula
- Tlaxcola
- Franciscan Friars
- Esperanza to Cordoba
- Climate
- Want of English Importing Houses
- The Paseo
- Leaving the City
- Guadalajara Pottery
- Aguas Calientes
- Return to Texas
- A Mexican Offender
- Deer Hunting with "Buffalo Dick."
- Starting for England
- Landing at Hull.
- Notes:
- "Originally published by Horace Cox, Windsor House, Bream's Buildings, E.C., London, 1894"--verso t.p.
- ISBN:
- 0890963940
- OCLC:
- 123204868
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