Beneath The Window: Early Ranch Life In Big Bend Country

Patricia Clotheir

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Iron Mountain Press, 2017

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Before it became a national park, the Big Bend was home to a number of ranches and mining operations. On the Wilson ranch, which stood at the center of the current park, Patricia Wilson Clothier spent her youth exploring the wonders of ranch life in the Chisos. Patricias richly detailed memories, coupled with a backdrop of Depression era hardships, bring the Big Bend to life in this original and vivid description of a childhood spent Beneath the Window.Big Bend has been a National Park since the mid 1940s. Thus it is preserved for visitors to enjoy, however almost all signs of earlier ranches and homes have disappeared. It is difficult today to imagine crops growing, peach trees bearing fruit and fenced pastures and shearing sheds. The Wilson ranch alone had some 40 miles of fence with careful attention paid to preserving water sources and using them carefully. Being a stones throw from the Rio Grande made Mexico and its people close and friendly neighbors to the American community in Big Bend. If you ever have a chance to visit Big Bend National Park, this memoir is a must.…

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Titre
Beneath The Window: Early Ranch Life In Big Bend Country
Auteur
Patricia Clotheir
Éditeur
Iron Mountain Press
Année de publication
2017
État de l'article
Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0974504823
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780974504827

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