The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861

by Glen Sample Ely

Book Overview

This is the story of the antebellum frontier in Texas, from the Red River to El Paso, a raw and primitive country punctuated by chaos, lawlessness, and violence. During this time, the federal government and the State of Texas often worked at cross-purposes, their confused and contradictory policies leaving settlers on their own to deal with vigilantes, lynchings, raiding American Indians, and Anglo-American outlaws. Before the Civil War, the Texas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806193190
• ISBN13: 9780806193199
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 10.0"