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Only an extraordinary Texas Ranger could have cleaned up bandit-plagued Southwest Texas, between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, in the years following the Civil War. Thousands of raiders on horseback, some of them Anglo-Americans, regularly crossed the river from Mexico to pillage, murder, and rape. Their main objective? To steal cattle, which they herded back across the Rio Grande to sell. Honest citizens found it almost impossible to live in the Nueces Strip.In desperation, the governor of Texas called on an extraordinary man, Captain Leander M. McNelly, to take command of a Ranger company and stop these border bandits. One of McNelly's recruits for this task was George Durham, a Georgia farmboy in his teens when he joined the "Little McNellys," as the Captain's band called themselves. More than half a century later, it was George Durham, the last surviving "McNelly Ranger," who recounted the exciting tale of taming the Nueces Strip to San Antonio writer Clyde Wantland.In Durham's account, those long-ago days are brought vividly back to life. Once again the daring McNelly leads his courageous band across Southwest Texas to victories against incredible odds. With a boldness that overcame their dismayingly small number, the McNellys succeeded in bringing law and order to the untamed Nueces Strip—succeeded so well that they antagonized certain "upright" citizens who had been pocketing surreptitious dollars from the bandits' operations.

Sixty-nine men were camped on the Nueces River in Texas in August 1862 after a horseback ride of nearly 100 miles. Most of them were recent immigrants from Germany who were "politically incorrect." They were loyal to the Union and were citizens of a Confederate state. They were fleeing Texas to avoid conscription into the CSA army and to join the Union army. They did not know Confederate cavalry unit was following them. As a price for their loyalty to the United States, thirty-six of these German Texas citizens were about to die. This nearly unknown incident is the subject of an important new book, "Death on the Nueces," by Rodman L. Underwood. This battle and ensuing events are described and the strategic and tactical decisions leading to disparate casualty figures are analyzed. In the years preceding the war thousands of families immigrated to central Texas from Germany and this is their story as well. This migration trail is traced and the factors producing this event are reviewed. Finally, hate toward a minority group is recognized and the roots of this ill will are identified. There are lessons to be learned here about present day hate groups. "Death on the Nueces" is published by Eakin Press of Austin, Texas and the ISBN is 1-57168-303-8.

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Sixty-nine men were camped on the Nueces River in Texas in August 1862 after a horseback ride of nearly 100 miles. Most of them were recent immigrants from Germany who were "politically incorrect." They were loyal to the Union and were citizens of a Confederate state. They were fleeing Texas to avoid conscription into the CSA army and to join the Union army. They did not know Confederate cavalry unit was following them. As a price for their loyalty to the United States, thirty-six of these German Texas citizens were about to die. This nearly unknown incident is the subject of an important new book, "Death on the Nueces," by Rodman L. Underwood. This battle and ensuing events are described and the strategic and tactical decisions leading to disparate casualty figures are analyzed. In the years preceding the war thousands of families immigrated to central Texas from Germany and this is their story as well. This migration trail is traced and the factors producing this event are reviewed. Finally, hate toward a minority group is recognized and the roots of this ill will are identified. There are lessons to be learned here about present day hate groups. "Death on the Nueces" is published by Eakin Press of Austin, Texas and the ISBN is 1-57168-303-8.

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Ernst Altgelt and people from what is now Germany founded Comfort in 1854 in the Guadalupe Valley of the Texas Hill Country. When the Civil War began, many of these freethinking people opposed secession. Some attempted to go to Mexico and were surprised by Confederates near the Nueces River. A few Unionists escaped; some were killed, and others were wounded and later killed. In 1865, friends and relatives retrieved their remains, and they now lie under the Treue der Union Monument. The first school was built in 1856, but not until 1892 did Comfort build a church. Charles Apelt created the Armadillo Farm, which made lamps, purses, and baskets from armadillo shells. Today descendants of original settlers live on family ranches and in houses built by their ancestors. Comfort is unincorporated to this day, and it retains a sense of its freethinking independence.

Nueces County, Texas, is the locus of long historical contacts and conflicts of four peoples--Indian, whites, blacks, and Mexicans. In this study all aspects--historical, economic, social, and political--of the present Nueces County and its people are considered, with personal memories of early residents of all races forming a concrete and interesting basis for discussion.Originally published in 1934.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Cattle rustlers, regular troops, and Texas Rangers, as well as Civil War deserters and other characters of questionable reputation, clashed with Mexicans, Germans, and Indians over unionism, race, livestock, land, and national sovereignty, among other issues. In A Crooked River, Michael L. Collins presents a rousing narrative of these events that reflects perspectives of people on both sides of the Rio Grande. Retracing a path first opened by historian Walter Prescott Webb, A Crooked River reveals parts of the tale that Webb never told. Collins brings a cross-cultural perspective to the role of the Texas Rangers in the continuing strife along the border during the late nineteenth century. He draws on many rare and obscure sources to chronicle the incidents of the period, bringing unprecedented depth and detail to such episodes as the “skinning wars,” the raids on El Remolino and Las Cuevas, and the attack on Nuecestown. Along the way, he dispels many entrenched legends of Texas history—in particular, the long-held belief that almost all of the era’s cattle thieves were Mexican. A balanced and thorough reevaluation, A Crooked River adds a new dimension to the history of the racial and cultural conflict that defined the border region and that still echoes today.  

History of the early days around Port Aransas, a city in Nueces County, Texas, 180 miles southeast of San Antonio, the only established town on Mustang Island, which is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along the Texas coast. Corpus Christi Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lydia Ann Ship Channel and the Corpus Christi Ship Channel make up the surrounding waters. Fascinating reminiscences of a fishing pioneer.

During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Cattle rustlers, regular troops, and Texas Rangers, as well as Civil War deserters and other characters of questionable reputation, clashed with Mexicans, Germans, and Indians over unionism, race, livestock, land, and national sovereignty, among other issues. In A Crooked River, Michael L. Collins presents a rousing narrative of these events that reflects perspectives of people on both sides of the Rio Grande. Retracing a path first opened by historian Walter Prescott Webb, A Crooked River reveals parts of the tale that Webb never told. Collins brings a cross-cultural perspective to the role of the Texas Rangers in the continuing strife along the border during the late nineteenth century. He draws on many rare and obscure sources to chronicle the incidents of the period, bringing unprecedented depth and detail to such episodes as the “skinning wars,” the raids on El Remolino and Las Cuevas, and the attack on Nuecestown. Along the way, he dispels many entrenched legends of Texas history—in particular, the long-held belief that almost all of the era’s cattle thieves were Mexican. A balanced and thorough reevaluation, A Crooked River adds a new dimension to the history of the racial and cultural conflict that defined the border region and that still echoes today.  

In 1875, nearly forty years after the Mexican War, Mexicans and Texans are still spilling blood over ownership of the Nueces Strip--a hot, dry stretch of coastal prairie that bushwackers and horse thieves have turned into a lawless hell. Captain L.H. McNelly, a complex and determined Confederate veteran, is brought into the Nueces Strip for one purpose: to keep the peace. His measures are harsh and controversial--but McNelly wasn't sent in to be popular. In this boilerpot of killing and racial hatred, can any man bring lasting peace?

Nueces County, Texas, is the locus of long historical contacts and conflicts of four peoples--Indian, whites, blacks, and Mexicans. In this study all aspects--historical, economic, social, and political--of the present Nueces County and its people are considered, with personal memories of early residents of all races forming a concrete and interesting basis for discussion.Originally published in 1934.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

In 1856, Live Oak County was chartered by frontiersmen under the spreading limbs of a great live oak tree near the Nueces River. As far back as 12,000 years, hunter-gatherer Paleo-Indians subsisted on berries, roots, and megafauna like mastodons in this timeless frontier. Cabeza de Vaca, prisoner of Coahuiltecans in 1535, provided the first European description of the area. The Spanish then explored and unsuccessfully attempted to colonize the region, and when Spanish troops withdrew from Texas in 1813, the sole Spanish colonizers in the area, the Ramirez brothers, abandoned their ranch and left with them. Shiploads of Irish immigrants next arrived between 1828 and 1834, and following the Civil War, herds of wild Longhorns driven north turned drovers like George West into wealthy cattle barons. The early-1900s arrival of the railroad created new towns, causing others to die. Today’s Live Oak County citizens draw on its indomitable pioneering spirit to meet new 21st-century challenges.

The first authentic biography of one of the most famous of the nineteenth century Texas Rangers—Capt. Leander H. McNelly. No history of the murderous Sutton-Taylor Feud, or of the Texas State Police, or of the depredations of the Mexican Gen. Juan H. Cortina, or of the rancher Richard King, or of the infamous Nueces Strip can be written without major emphases on the influence of McNelly and the men who followed him so loyally. 

Wild Horse Desert, written by Brian Robertson, is a hardback book is about the early days of the area in Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River, including the King Ranch. Anyone interested in Texas history should read this book.

History of the early days around Port Aransas, a city in Nueces County, Texas, 180 miles southeast of San Antonio, the only established town on Mustang Island, which is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along the Texas coast. Corpus Christi Bay, the Gulf of Mexico, the Lydia Ann Ship Channel and the Corpus Christi Ship Channel make up the surrounding waters. Fascinating reminiscences of a fishing pioneer.