Author:
Ledbetter, Barbara A. Neal.
Imprint:Austin, Texas : Texas State Historical Assoc., 1956.
Physical Description300 p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Note:Prologue: Mrs. Sain-toh-oodie Goombi, 1930 -- A free black man: Edmund J. Carter, 1790 -- Citizen of the republic: Alexander J. Carter, 1816 -- Red river lawyer: General Edward H. Tarrant, 1836 -- A mixed marriage: Mildred Susanna "Milly" Carter, 1844 -- The military moves west: Private Owen Durkin, U.S. Army, 1855 -- A German in Texas: Private Conrad Neuhaus, U.S. Army, 1856 -- The Carter ranch: Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Carter, 1857 -- Legal entanglements: Lt. Owen A. Sprague, 1856 -- Facing frontier problems: Charlotte Elizabeth "Lottie" Durkin, 1859 -- Legacy administrator: Private William Neuhaus, C. S. A., 1860 -- Death on the prairie: Little Miss Milly Jane, 1862 -- Pawn of greed: Elijah Joseph Carter, 1864 -- Black woman on the frontier: Mary Johnson, 1865 -- Searching for captives - epilogue: Col. Jesse Leavenworth, U. S. A., 1866 -- A sorrel race horse: "Redbuck", 1867 -- An unauthorized trip: Hiram W. Farnsworth, 1868 -- The fourth marriage: Isiah Clifton, 1869 -- Paths of destruction: Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, U. S. A. 1871 -- Hell-raising days: Marshal David H. Barker, 1874 -- Over the western trial: Ada and Ida Barker, 1880 -- Neighbors at Fort Griffin: Miers, Braggs, Jacksons, Reynolds, Irwins, 1882 -- Last stop for gunslingers: Mobeetie, 1883 -- South end of the dodge trail: Tascosa, 1887.
