Land!: Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas. Graham Davis

Land!: Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas



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Land!: Irish Pioneers in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas Graham Davis ebook
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Page: 320
ISBN: 9781585441891


The only successful European empresarios in mid-nineteenth-century Mexican Texas -- men authorized to bring immigrants to settle the vast spaces of Mexico's northern territories -- were Irish. On their land grants, Irish settlers founded Refugio and San Patricio and went on to take active roles in the economic and political development of Texas. It required a hardy spirit and strong ambition to weather the perils that accompanied these opportunities -- the long journey, shipwrecks, hostile Indians, injury and disease -- and Irish pioneers proved fit for the task. They were not seeking relief from famine or English oppression in their own country. These were vigorous, strong-willed people who possessed the monetary

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