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Castro's Colony: Empresario Development in Texas, 1842-1865
by Bobby D. Weaver
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press (1985-03)
ISBN: 0890962103
EAN: 9780890962107
Dewy Decimal #: 976.404
Hardcover: 158 pages
Edition: 1
Condition: New
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Product Description
In 1842 French banker Henri Castro secured a colonization grant and recruited more than two thousand Europeans-from France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, and England-to immigrate to Texas and populate his colony. Bobby D. Weaver describes the empresario system under which this community, now known as Castroville, was formed and considers the life of its founder. He also examines the pioneers' struggles with frontier life-drought, disease, and Indian attacks.
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