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Trammel's Trace : the first road to Texas from the north /

Trammel's Trace tells the story of a borderlands smuggler and an important passageway into early Texas. Trammel's Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersecte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinkerton, Gary L., 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Red River Valley books ; no. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Trammel's Trace tells the story of a borderlands smuggler and an important passageway into early Texas. Trammel's Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. By the early nineteenth century, Trammel's Trace was largely a smuggler's trail that delivered horses and contraband into the region. It was a microcosm of the migration, lawlessness, and conflict that defined the period. By the 1820s, as Mexico gained indepe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1623494699
9781623494698