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Author:

Lynn, Alvin R., author.

Title:

Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls : a tale of two journeys / Alvin R. Lynn ; foreword by J. Brett Cruse.

Publisher:

Texas Tech University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxix, 252 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Adobe Walls, 1st Battle of, Tex., 1864.
Carson, Kit,--1809-1868.
Military archaeology--Texas.
Texas--Antiquities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I. Colonel Kit Carson's 1864 Adobe Walls Campaign -- Events leading up to the 1864 Adobe Walls Battle -- Fort Bascom to Ute Creek -- Ute Creek to Red River Springs -- Red River Springs to Nara Visa Springs (Ca©łada de los Ruedos) -- Nara Visa Springs (Ca©łada de los Ruedos) to Hay Creek -- Hay Creek to Romero Creek -- Romero Creek to Punta de Agua Creek -- Punta de Agua Creek to Los Redos Creek -- Los Redos Creek to Rica Creek -- Rica Creek to Blue Creek -- Blue Creek to Probable Mule Creek -- Probable Mule Creek to Canadian river -- Down River to Adobe Walls: the First Battle of Adobe Walls -- Hot retreat -- The aftermath -- Part II. Archeological methods, sites, and artifacts -- Introduction to Part II -- Fort Bascom Adobe Walls Road -- Red River Springs Site and artifacts -- Nara Visa Springs Site and artifacts -- Hay Creek Site and artifacts -- Romero Creek Site and artifacts -- Playa Lake Site and artifacts -- Rita Blanca Creek Site and artifacts -- Sand Creek Site and artifacts -- Los Redos Creek Site and artifacts -- Rica Creek Site and artifacts -- Rica Creek Site-B and artifacts -- Reimer Arroyo Site and artifacts -- Blue Creek Site and artifacts -- Carson's Moore Creek site and artifacts -- Penrose and Carr's Moore Creek Site and artifacts -- Kiowa Village Site and artifacts -- Red Bluff Military Site and artifacts -- 1864 Adobe walls Battle site and artifacts.

Summary:

"Following two journeys, Kit Carson's 1864 military expedition from Fort Bascom to Adobe Walls and Alvin Lynn's journey to document what happened are told"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

The Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest

ISBN:

0896728617 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780896728615 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861676491

LCCN:

2014003529

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)