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The author recounts forty years living in a frontier border town, offering personal recollections of daily life, irrigation and commerce, and the social character of a small adobe community. He describes military engagements and wartime experiences, shifting political contests and Reconstruction-era disputes, and complex cross-border relations with the neighboring republic. Episodes of crime, feuds, assassination attempts, and law enforcement recur alongside anecdotes about mail contracts, transportation over the plains, and legal battles over property. Interwoven are portraits of local figures, reflections on enemies and alliances, and practical sketches of travel, governance, and survival in a remote region.

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Title: Forty Years at El Paso, 1858-1898

Author: W. W. Mills

Release date: April 12, 2015 [eBook #48691]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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Forty Years
At
El Paso
 
1858-1898


Recollections of War, Politics, Adventure,
Events, Narratives, Sketches, Etc.

BY
W. W. MILLS

“Around my fire a friendly group to draw
And tell of all I felt and all I saw.”

Copyright, 1901,
BY
W. W. MILLS.

...TO...
Mary Hamilton Mills