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I Would Rather Sleep in Texas - A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant (Paperback)
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I Would Rather Sleep in Texas - A History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant (Paperback)
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This superb work of history tells the story of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley and the people who struggled to make this daunting land
their home. Spanish conquistadors and Mexican revolutionaries,
cowboys and ranchers, Texas Rangers and Civil War generals,
entrepreneurs and empire builders are all a part of this
centuries-long saga, thoroughly researched and skillfully presented
here. In this moving account of the history of the families of the
Santa Anita land grant, almost two hundred years of the history of
the lower Rio Grande Valley (1748-1940) are revealed. An important
addition to any collection of Texas history, ""I Would Rather Sleep
in Texas"" is one of the most complete studies of the lower Rio
Grande, abundantly illustrated with maps and photographs, many
never before published. In 1790 the Santa Anita, a Spanish land
grant, was awarded to merchant Jose Manuel Gomez. After the land
passed to Gomez's widow, part of the grant was acquired by Mar'a
Salome Ball, the daughter of a powerful Spanish clan. Salome
married John Young, and her family connections combined with his
business acumen helped to further assemble the Santa Anita under
one owner. In 1859, after Young's death, Salome struggled to hold
onto her properties amid bandit raids and the siege of violence
waged in the region by borderland caudillo Juan Cortina. Soon after
the beginning of the Civil War, she married John McAllen. They
participated in the rapid wartime cotton trade and developed
influential business connections. Rare firsthand accounts by Salome
Ball Young de McAllen, John McAllen, and their son, James Ball
McAllen, add to a deeper understanding of the blending of the
region's frontier cultures, rowdy politics, and periodic violence.
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