Texana Clark was only 16 when Peter left for the Civil War. She waited for him. They were married when he sold his first herd in 1873. Two years later, Peter registered his cattle brand in the Victoria County Courthouse.
Art parts include:
Snip from the brand registration. Antique ivory button from the collection of Texana Fagan’s grandaughter, Mary Genevieve DuBois.
Religion played an important part in the lives of these early Texicans. Irish Cathlics fit perfectly within the colonization scheme of Mexico, which decreed that one must convert if they wanted to claim a Land Grant.
Music at the Catholic Church was mostly hushed, liturgical and mystic. The Negro church on Old River Road was attended by local black cowboys and their families; their music burst the church seams and spilled down the hill to the ranch house on quiet Sunday mornings.
Art parts include:
Adobe church window. Mother of pearl button. Silk ribbon. And music.
Death is in the stars for each of us, though on the prairie it often came sooner than expected.
Native Americans believe that the owl is a messenger of death. this prairie funeral is heralded by the owl, music, and the Word of God.
Art parts include:
Snip from the book jacket of The Texicans. And, as for all of the cards in this series, the stars.
