Author: Hallie Crawford Stillwell
Publisher: TAMU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Hallie Crawford's account of teaching school in Presido, Texas in 1916 and her life as a rancher's wife.
I'll Gather My Geese
Author: Hallie Crawford Stillwell
Publisher: TAMU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Hallie Crawford's account of teaching school in Presido, Texas in 1916 and her life as a rancher's wife.
Publisher: TAMU Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Hallie Crawford's account of teaching school in Presido, Texas in 1916 and her life as a rancher's wife.
I'll Gather My Geese
Author: Hallie Crawford Stillwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648432255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1916, Hallie Crawford went to teach school in Presidio, just across the Rio Grande from Ojinaga, Mexico, which had been recently captured by Pancho Villa. Hallie's father, considering this a dangerous place for a young woman of nineteen to live alone, told her he thought she was going on a wild goose chase. "Then I'll gather my geese," she told him, with determination and independence. These traits stayed with Hallie all her life, and were indispensable in her role as a ranch wife. Raised as a "proper" Southern woman, Hallie was not prepared for the difficulties she faced when she moved to her new home, the Stillwell Ranch, in 1918. But she quickly became an invaluable part of the workings on the ranch. She watched and learned from her husband, Roy Stillwell, and she adjusted to the new life-style that she grew to love. The ranch hands, who thought she would only last six months, came to respect her and her abilities to do as much work as any man on the ranch. They became a family. Then Roy and Hallie started a family of their own. Three children were a handful, and the Stillwell family split its time between the ranch and a home in town. On the ranch outside Marathon, near the Mexican border, work was hard and joy came in the simple things. After working cattle all day, relaxing under the arbor in front of the house was a pleasure. Hallie had a favorite rock out behind the house, and she often sat on it to watch the sun set, take a break from her energetic youngsters, or otherwise gain some tranquility and perspective.The ranch and its inhabitants survived two world wars, the depression, droughts, an influenza epidemic, as well as the everyday troubles of ranching in the Big Bend country. Hallie's story, told in a personal and engaging way, is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of pioneering ranching in Texas.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648432255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1916, Hallie Crawford went to teach school in Presidio, just across the Rio Grande from Ojinaga, Mexico, which had been recently captured by Pancho Villa. Hallie's father, considering this a dangerous place for a young woman of nineteen to live alone, told her he thought she was going on a wild goose chase. "Then I'll gather my geese," she told him, with determination and independence. These traits stayed with Hallie all her life, and were indispensable in her role as a ranch wife. Raised as a "proper" Southern woman, Hallie was not prepared for the difficulties she faced when she moved to her new home, the Stillwell Ranch, in 1918. But she quickly became an invaluable part of the workings on the ranch. She watched and learned from her husband, Roy Stillwell, and she adjusted to the new life-style that she grew to love. The ranch hands, who thought she would only last six months, came to respect her and her abilities to do as much work as any man on the ranch. They became a family. Then Roy and Hallie started a family of their own. Three children were a handful, and the Stillwell family split its time between the ranch and a home in town. On the ranch outside Marathon, near the Mexican border, work was hard and joy came in the simple things. After working cattle all day, relaxing under the arbor in front of the house was a pleasure. Hallie had a favorite rock out behind the house, and she often sat on it to watch the sun set, take a break from her energetic youngsters, or otherwise gain some tranquility and perspective.The ranch and its inhabitants survived two world wars, the depression, droughts, an influenza epidemic, as well as the everyday troubles of ranching in the Big Bend country. Hallie's story, told in a personal and engaging way, is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of pioneering ranching in Texas.
A Month of Sundays
Author: Kent Biffle
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780929398563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In memory of Mary Lou "Douse" Thrasher given by Mr. and Mrs. James Reeves.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9780929398563
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In memory of Mary Lou "Douse" Thrasher given by Mr. and Mrs. James Reeves.
America, History and Life
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
New Books on Women and Feminism
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1652
Book Description
A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1652
Book Description
A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.
Six Geese a-Laying (Mini Christmas Short Story)
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448126010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
A special Christmas gift for fans of Sophie Kinsella, available to download for free! Includes a mini short story, Six Geese a-Laying, and sneak peak at the first chapter of Sophie's fabulous new novel, I've Got Your Number. In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It's a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he's going wrong. Luckily she's enrolled into the most exclusive antenatal class going - all the highest achieving, smartest mothers-to-be aspire to be taught by the legendary Petal Harmon. Like the other five women in the class, Ginny already knows exactly what she wants, and how she's going to handle motherhood. But when they turn up for the final class it isn't quite what they expect. As Ginny discovers what parenthood is really going to be like, she begins to realize the things that really matter...
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448126010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
A special Christmas gift for fans of Sophie Kinsella, available to download for free! Includes a mini short story, Six Geese a-Laying, and sneak peak at the first chapter of Sophie's fabulous new novel, I've Got Your Number. In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It's a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he's going wrong. Luckily she's enrolled into the most exclusive antenatal class going - all the highest achieving, smartest mothers-to-be aspire to be taught by the legendary Petal Harmon. Like the other five women in the class, Ginny already knows exactly what she wants, and how she's going to handle motherhood. But when they turn up for the final class it isn't quite what they expect. As Ginny discovers what parenthood is really going to be like, she begins to realize the things that really matter...
Press Summary - Illinois Information Service
Author: Illinois Information Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
My Goose is Cooked
Author: Hallie Crawford Stillwell
Publisher: Center for Big Bend Studies Oc
ISBN: 9780970770929
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Hallie Crawford Stillwell died on August 18, 1997, she was two months and two days short of her 100th birthday. Hallie had published the first volume of her memoirs, I'll Gather My Geese, in 1991. In that volume she told the story of her life as a pioneer ranch woman and wife in the Big Bend country from the time of her marriage in 1918 to the death of her husband Roy Stillwell in 1948.
Publisher: Center for Big Bend Studies Oc
ISBN: 9780970770929
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Hallie Crawford Stillwell died on August 18, 1997, she was two months and two days short of her 100th birthday. Hallie had published the first volume of her memoirs, I'll Gather My Geese, in 1991. In that volume she told the story of her life as a pioneer ranch woman and wife in the Big Bend country from the time of her marriage in 1918 to the death of her husband Roy Stillwell in 1948.
Thomas Carlyle
Author: James Anthony Froude
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description