Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Red River Valley books ; number five |
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Red River Valley books ; no. 5.
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Contents |
From somewhere to nowhere -- Through the wilds -- The Trammells of Kentucky and Tennessee -- 1800-1812: Boundaries under pressure -- 1813-1819: Couriers of the forest -- 1820-1826: Gone to Texas and back -- 1826-1836: A great movement of many nations -- 1836-1844: Another new nation for Texas -- 1845-1856: The old smuggler retires -- 1856-1880: The patriarch has passed |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Trammell, Nicholas, 1780-1856.
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SUBJECT |
Trammell, Nicholas, 1780-1856 fast |
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Transportation / Navigation.
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History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers.
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Colonization
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SUBJECT |
Trammel's Trace (Tex. and Ark.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016001726
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Texas -- History -- 19th century
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Texas -- Colonization
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Arkansas -- History -- 19th century
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Arkansas
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Texas
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United States -- Trammel's Trace
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2016033459 |
ISBN |
1623494699 |
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9781623494698 |
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