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Books To obtain additional information on ranch life in early Texas from a woman's perspective, the following books will be useful: Stillwell, Hallie Crawford. I'll Gather My Geese . College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1991. Hallie graduated from Alpine High School in 1916 and went on to teach school at the Presidio Common School. In 1917 she moved back to Marathon, where she met her husband-to-be, Roy Stillwell, and began ranch life on the Stillwell Ranch, twenty-two miles north of the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area. Her book is filled with interesting tales about learning to ride, being alone, shooting a gun, and much more. Burns, Mamie Sypert. This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. Mamie Burns and her husband came to the Pitchfork Ranch in West Texas in 1942. Her stories and short vignettes about various happenings and ranch characters are now sparkling cultural gems. Smithers, W.D. Circuit Riders of the Big Bend . Southwestern Studies: Monogragh 64. El Paso: Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso, 1981. A wonderful monograph on early camp meetings/revivals written as part of the Southwestern Studies Series. Smithers tells the story of four circuit riders, including Rev. William D. Bloys, who was founder of the Bloys Camp Meeting. The four circuit riders-a Presbyterian minister, a Roman Catholic priest, a Baptist minister, and a minister of the Church of Christ-traveled in the Davis Mountains and Big Bend area of West Texas in the early 1900s. |
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