Fort Worth: A Frontier Triumph

Contents

PREFACE PROLOGUE FOREWORD to the 1996 Edition by Jenkins Garrett BOOK I: Conflict on the Prairies 1. The Promise on the Prairies 2. The Barrier on the Prairies 3. "My Brother's Keeper" 4. The Sword 5. Minutemen 6. Minutemen at Village Creek 7. Frustrated Effort 8. The Hand of Friendship 9. The Treaty of 1843 BOOK II: Home-builders and a Fort on the Prairies 10. Luring Land Laws 11. A Lonesome Dove Contents v xi 3 7 11 17 21 25 30 35 42 51 55 PREFACE PROLOGUE FOREWORD to the 1996 Edition by Jenkins Garrett BOOK I: Conflict on the Prairies 1. The Promise on the Prairies 2. The Barrier on the Prairies 3. "My Brother's Keeper" 4. The Sword 5. Minutemen 6. Minutemen at Village Creek 7. Frustrated Effort 8. The Hand of Friendship 9. The Treaty of 1843 BOOK II: Home-builders and a Fort on the Prairies 10. Luring Land Laws 11. A Lonesome Dove Contents v xi 3 7 11 17 21 25 30 35 42 51 55 x 12. A Bubbling Springs 13. A Fort and a General 14. The Lone Fort on the Prairie 15. The Major BOOK III: Fort Town on the Prairies 16. Cabins on the Fort's Horizon 17. Birth of Tarrant County 18. Vision and Tussle, Then Fort Town BOOK IV: Shadows on the Prairies 19. Vexations of 1860 20. Decisions of 1861 and 1862 21. Harvest Time of Decisions BOOK V: Re-sowing the Prairies 22. Chastisement, 1865 -1869 23. Redemption, 1870-1872 EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES INDEX 58 62 68 75 87 107 121 169 193 212 235 305 339 341 349 367 x 12. A Bubbling Springs 13. A Fort and a General 14. The Lone Fort on the Prairie 15. The Major BOOK III: Fort Town on the Prairies 16. Cabins on the Fort's Horizon 17. Birth of Tarrant County 18. Vision and Tussle, Then Fort Town BOOK IV: Shadows on the Prairies 19. Vexations of 1860 20. Decisions of 1861 and 1862 21. Harvest Time of Decisions BOOK V: Re-sowing the Prairies 22. Chastisement, 1865 -1869 23. Redemption, 1870-1872 EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES INDEX 58 62 68 75 87 107 121 169 193 212 235 305 339 341 349 367 ...