Texas' Last Frontier Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895

For almost three hundred miles, the Pecos River cuts across far West Texas. It is an arid land, a land that in the last century offered danger and hardship to those who crossed it and those who settled it. Yet they came--army posts like Fort Stockton to challenge the Apaches' claim to the rugged land, settlers to supply the posts, cattlemen to eke out a living from the vast but sparse grazing ranges. They came and they stayed because the land held one overriding appeal: it was Texas' last frontier.Williams, Clayton W. is the author of 'Texas' Last Frontier Fort Stockton and the Trans-Pecos, 1861-1895', published 2000 under ISBN 9781585440719 and ISBN 158544071X.