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Rise and fall of the mission San Saba : to which is appended a brief history of the Bowie or Almagres Mine : also a sketch of Summerland

Title
Rise and fall of the mission San Saba : to which is appended a brief history of the Bowie or Almagres Mine : also a sketch of Summerland / by John W. Hunter.
Author
Hunter, John Warren, 1846-1915.
Publication
Bandera, Tex. : Frontier Times, 1935.

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Description
84 pages; 21 cm
Subject
  • San Sabá Mission
  • Bowie Mine, Tex
  • Menardville (Tex.)
Note
  • Reprint of 1905 ed.
  • The name Summerland appears to be applied to the town of Menardville.
Contents
Limited knowledge of early period Spanish dominion -- Bonilla's account -- Founding of Presidio San Saba, 1756 -- The Apache -- A prosperous and happy people -- A mission--presidio--again a mission -- The fall of the mission -- The last witness -- The Almagres mine -- Bowie and his connection with the San Saba mine -- Battle of Calf Creek -- The retreat -- Summerland of today -- The old fort on the San Saba River as seen by Dr. Ferdinand Roemer in 1847 -- Menardville -- Lilitamilpas / Nannie Hillary Harrison.
OCLC
  • ocm01869911
  • 1869911
  • SCSB-595058
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library