Petra's legacy : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy /
Monday, Jane Clements,1941-
Vick, Frances Brannen,1935-
College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-416) and index.
1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quién viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita.
Kenedy, Petra Vela, 1823-1854.
Kenedy, Mifflin, 1818-1895.
Women ranchers
Ranchers
Ranch life
Married people