The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.
Description:
32 loose pages (1847 June-September) with discreet pagination from front of journal are presented chronologically following p. 206. and Blanks at end (26 p.) not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--History, El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.)--Description and travel, Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.)--Description and travel, Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.)--History, Southwest, New--Description and travel, and Taos (N.M.)--History
Subject (Name):
Chavez y Castillo, Mariano, Cushing, Caleb,--1800-1879, Davy, Cornelius, Donaldson, James Lowry,--1814-1885, Doniphan, Alexander William, Gilpin, William,--1815-1894, Gregg, Josiah,--1806-1850, Howard, John Eager,--d. 1862, Hunter, David,--1802-1886, Kearny, Stephen Watts,--1794-1848, Kendall, Geo. Wilkins--(George Wilkins),--1809-1867, Magoffin, James Wiley,--1799-1868, Magoffin, Samuel,--1801-1888, Magoffin, Susan Shelby,--1827-1855, McDowell, Sarah Shelby,--1785-1847, Mexico.--President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga), Ortiz, Ramon, Ortiz, Tomas, Owens, Samuel D.,--d. 1847, Peck, William--(William Guy),--1820-1892, Pino, Manuel, Prentice, George D.--(Geroge Denison),--1802-1870, Prentiss, James H.,--1809-1848, Price, Sterling,--1809-1867, Robidou, Antoine,--1794-1860, Santa Anna, Antonio López de,--1794?-1876, Shelby, James,--1784-1848, Shelby, Thomas Hart,--1789-1869, Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872, Stockton, Robert Field,--1795-1866, Swords, Thomas,--1806-1886, Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850, Trias, Angel, Urrea, José,--1797-1849, Warner, William Horace, Washington, John Macrae,--1797-1853, Wool, John Ellis,--1784-1869, Worth, William Jenkins,--1794-1849, and Wright, George,--1803-1865
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Navajo Indians
Panoramic group portrait of the 15th Cavalry Division commanded by Colonel George Horace Morgan at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, 1915. The image shows the soldiers mounted on horses and in formation on a parade ground near the officers' quarters, as well as mountains in the background. Ink inscriptions throughout the image identify the troops of soldiers and the ranks of officers
Alternative Title:
Fifteenth U.S. Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Tex., Col. G. H. Morgan - Com'd'g., photo and copyright, by J. U. Medley, -1915-.
Description:
Joseph Urban Medley (1868-1932) was a photographer active in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Texas City, Texas. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, El Paso (Tex.), Fort Bliss (Tex.), Mexican-American Border Region, and United States
Subject (Name):
Medley, J. U. 1868-1932. (Joseph Urban),, Morgan, George Horace, 1855-1948, and United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment,15th
Photographs of Texas, including views of homes and the business district of El Paso, the Alamo in San Antonio, artillery drills of Troop H of the 3rd cavalry at Fort McIntosh, the mission at San Jose, a wagon train, and an Apache Camp. In Harrold, Texas, performers pose on the balcony of the Hotel del Teatro and Great Western Theatre
Description:
Manuscript captions accompany many of the photographs, which are mounted on both sides of cardboard mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Texas, San Antonio (Tex.), El Paso (Tex.), and Ft. McIntosh (Laredo, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Cavalry, 3rd
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Apache Indians, Missions, Wagons, and Theaters
Postcard photographs created by commercial and amateur photographers of locations and events related to United States military involvement in the Mexican Revolution, ca. 1910-1917. Images include United States artillery, cavalry, and infantry, and Mexican federal and revolutionary soldiers, in addition to individuals in military camps, refugee camps, and prisoner of war camps. Other images include corpses on the battlefields and city streets, views of towns, and depictions of vehicles, such as trucks, trains, and an airplane, Identified events include the burning of Tijuana, Baja California, during a battle on May 9, 1911; the Osaple celebration parade in El Paso, Texas, in Fall 1912; the aftermath of shelling by the U.S.S. Chester of the Mexican Naval Academy, Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave, April 1914; the United States Army Tournament at Washington Park, El Paso, October 9, 1914; the Great Military Parade in El Paso, April 6, 1915; and an outdoor church service at Camp Cotton, Texas, April 11, 1915. Undated events include the recovery of war refugees off the coast of San Diego, California, and a horse stable fire at Fort Bliss, Texas, Identified photographers include Jim A. Alexander, El Paso, Texas; Frank C. Hecox of the Scott White and Company, El Paso, Texas; Walter H. Horne; C. M. Maigne; Calvin Osbon, P. Flores Pérez, Mexico; R.F. Pollock, Alamogordo and Cloudcraft, New Mexico; Robert Runyon, Brownsville, Texas; and Lt. F. R. Undritz, United States Army, in addition to an unidentified photographer with the mark in images "oTa", and a series of images created by an unidentified cavalryman, Identified publishers and distributors of postcards include Albertype Company, Brooklyn, New York; Arthur A. Kline and Company, El Paso, Texas; E. C. Kropp Company, El Fenix, Veracruz, Mexico; Fedtner Printing Company, Omaha, Nebraska; International Film Service; International News Service; G. J. Kavanaugh, Publisher, El Paso, Texas; H. H. Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Max Stein Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois; Passing Show Printing Company, San Antonio, Texas; S. H. Kress & Company, Scott White & Company, El Paso, Texas; Underwood & Underwood, New York, Identified locations in Texas include Abram, Brownsville, Granjeno, Hidalgo, Houston, Laredo, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Rio Grande City, San Antonio, Terlingua, and Von Ormy. Locations represented in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas include the military installations at Fort Bliss, Camp Cotton, Fort Hancock, and Camp Pershing, in addition to views of city streets and Washington Park. Other identified locations in the United States include Cloudcroft and Columbus, New Mexico. Identified locations in Mexico include Juárez, Chihuahua; Matamoros, Tamaulipas; Naco, Sonora; Tijuana, Baja California; and Veracruz, Veracruz-Llave. Other images depict the landscape along the Rio Grande River and international border between the United States and Mexico, Identified individuals include Pancho Villa, Venustiano Carranza, and United States army officer Charles B. Hazeltine, Identified military groups in the United States Army include the 6th Infantry Division, 16th Infantry Division, 20th Infantry Division, 22nd Infantry Division, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 13th Cavalry Regiment, and 15th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, and Brief notes on postcards by correspondents including Clyde Bartlett, 13th Cavalry Regiment, Troop B; Harry D. Brown, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania; William Dobson, aboard the U.S.S. Chester; Robert Mills, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; E. W. Murray, Providence, Rhode Island, to his parents Emma Murray and Henry Murray; Clarence Schindorff, Fostoria, Ohio; Corporal Charles Trenkle, 69th Regiment of the New York National Guard; and Ernest J. Trinkle, aboard the U.S.S. Chester
Description:
Accompanied by a container list (in box 1). and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico, United States, Texas, Abram (Tex.), Brownsville (Tex.), Camp Cotton (Tex.), Camp Pershing (Tex.), Cloudcroft (N.M.), Columbus (N.M.), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Bliss (Tex.), Fort Hancock (Tex.), Granjeno (Tex.), Hidalgo (Tex.), Houston (Tex.), Juárez (Chihuahua, Mexico), Laredo (Tex.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), McAllen (Tex.), Mexican-American Border Region, Mission (Tex.), Naco (Sonora Mexico), Rio Grande City (Tex.), San Antonio (Tex.), Terlingua (Tex.), Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico), Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico), Von Ormy (Tex.), and Washington Park (El Paso, Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, Jim A., Bartlett, Clyde., Brown, Harry D., Carranza, Venustiano, 1859-1920., Dobson, William, aboard the U.S.S. Chester., Flores Pérez, P., Hazeltine, Charles B., Hecox, Frank C., Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921., Maigne, C. M., Mills, Robert, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania., Murray, E. W., Osbon, C. (Calvin C.), Pollock, R. F., Runyon, Robert, 1881-1968., Schindorff, Clarence., Trenkle, Charles., Trinkle, Ernest J., Undritz, F. R., Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923., Albertype Co., Arthur A. Kline and Company., Chester (Battleship), E. C. Kropp Company., El Fénix (Firm), G. J. Kavanaugh (Firm), H. H. Stratton (Firm), International Film Service., International News Service., Max Stein Publishing House., Mexico. Ejército, New York (State). National Guard. Infantry Regiment, 69th, Passing Show Printing Company., S.H. Kress & Co., Scott White & Company., Underwood & Underwood., United States. Army, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 6th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 16th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 20th, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 22nd, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 5th, United States. Army. Regiment of Artillery, 6th, United States. Cavalry, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment. Troop B, United States. Cavalry. 13th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 15th Regiment, United States. Cavalry. 4th Regiment, United States. Navy, Great Military Parade, and United States Army Tournament
Subject (Topic):
History, Dead, Military camps, Prisoners of war, Refugee camps, Refugees, Revolutionaries, and Armed Forces
