In the 1820s my family began buying and moving hides from the Vallejo, Castro and other ranches in California to the emerging industries in New England. Now, I have left California, never to return to live. I believe the immigrants from the East Coast have done more than the illegals to ruin the state.
The Davis Mountains in Texas may not be the Sierra Nevadas, but they sure smell nice to me.
A drop dead gorgeous area with a great climate. And nobody knew about it...until you opened your mouth ;>)
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The Davis Mountains in Texas may not be the Sierra Nevadas, but they sure smell nice to me.
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Haven’t ever been there, but have family friends that moved to Alpine.
They love it.
Shhhhhh! Don’t let the cat out of the bag! Your post may have to be deleted for the sake of the area!
My great-grandfather, when a young twentyish man, got a job shooting buffalo for George Armstrong Custer. These white "scouts" (the Crow and Shoshoni scouts did the real "scout" work) kept the regiment in fresh meat, and they were dismissed overnight the night before Little Big Horn. My great-grandfather said they were told to take off by "an Italian officer", and sure enough, one of Custer's officers had an Italian name. They took the hint and survived.
One of my great-grandfather's companions (there is a group portrait of them somewhere in the family's possession) was a young guy, a Mexican californio. I don't have his full name, but my GGF called him "Kid Vallejo". The portrait was taken about 1875, and he will have been about 22 or so at that time, by the photo evidence, or a little younger as I recall.