Petra’s Legacy The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy 1st Edition by Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick ISBN 1603444602 9781603444606

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ISBN 10: 1603444602

ISBN 13: 9781603444606 

Author:  Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick 

The matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas history, Petra Vela Kenedy has remained a shadowy presence in the annals of South Texas. In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman’s perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert.
From Petra’s early life in the landed ranchero society of northern Mexico, through her alliance with Luis Vidal–an officer in the Mexican army to whom she bore eight children–until her move to Brownsville after Vidal’s death, Petra lived in Mexico. When she moved to Texas, having taken Vidal’s name, she represented a link to the landed families of the region. Mifflin Kenedy, a steamboat captain who had first come to Texas during the Mexican War, married into her world, acquiring local respectability and stature when he took Petra as his wife.
The story of their life together encompasses war, the taming of a frontier, the blending of cultures, the origin of a ranching empire, and the establishment of a foundation and trust that still endure today, giving millions to Texas through charitable gifts. An attractive woman of business acumen, strong religious convictions, and intense family loyalty, Petra Vela Kenedy’s influence through her husband and her children left a legacy whose exploration is long overdue.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: 1823-54: “Into Her World”-Petra’s Story
Chapter 2: 1823-54: “Into Her World”-Mifflin’s Story
Chapter 3: 1853-60: Forging a Life in Brownsville
Chapter 4: 1860-62: War Clouds Gather
Chapter 5: 1863: War Closes in on the Rio Grande Valley
Chapter 6: 1864-65: Chaos along the Rio Grande
Chapter 7: 1866: Home Again
Chapter 8: 1867-68: “Woe to Brownsville! Woe to Matamoros!”
Chapter 9: 1869-71: ¿Quien Viener
Chapter 10: 1872-74: One Foot in Brownsville, One in the Wild Horse Desert
Chapter 11: 1873: Politics, Bandits, and Hard Economic Times
Chapter 12: 1874: Railroads and Cattle Drives
Chapter 13: 1875: Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers
Chapter 14: 1876: The Apple of His Father’s Eye
Chapter 15: 1877-78: “A Fiend in Human Form”
Chapter 16: 1879-80: Last Days at Los Laureles-The Laurel Leaf Ranch
Chapter 17: 1881: To the Body of Christ-Corpus Christi
Chapter 18: 1882: La Parra-The Grapevine Ranch
Chapter 19: 1883: They Were Always There for One Another
Chapter 20: 1884: Farewell to Santiago
Chapter 21: 1885: Goodbye to Petrita

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