SpletThat April, a sacrificial company of American dragoons was sent on patrol deep into the Nueces Strip, at a convenient distance to be struck by Mexico. The subsequent ambush and routing of the... SpletHonest citizens found it almost impossible to live in the Nueces Strip. In desperation, the governor of Texas called on an extraordinary man, Captain Leander M. McNelly, to take command of a Ranger company and stop these border bandits. One of McNelly's recruits for this task was George Durham, a Georgia farmboy in his teens when he joined the ...

GSMC Book Review Podcast Episode 405: Interview with David A.

SpletHonest citizens found it almost impossible to live in the Nueces Strip. In desperation, the governor of Texas called on an extraordinary man, Captain Leander M. McNelly, to take … SpletRunaway slaves had to survive the Nueces Strip, the 160-mile expanse between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. It’s the same treacherous ranchland where today immigration … richard eaves

Taming the Nueces Strip: The Story of McNelly

SpletThe Nueces Strip provided clandestine passage for escaped slaves. The Strip was a place where wild herds of horses and cattle could be rounded up for sale in nearby cities either … SpletAfter the Nueces strip skirmish, Mexicans ousted their then-President Mariano Paredes and reinstated Santa Anna to the position from which he had been exiled two years earlier. … SpletPerhaps the first confrontation with the new realities of the situation came to the Nueces Strip occupants was when they, largely Hispanic, found themselves definitely in the … richard e backer