Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. John C. FrÉmont and the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railway Company
• 2. John A. C. Gray and the Texas and Pacific Railway Company
• 3. A Land Company Is Formed
• 4. Weatherford, Texas
• 5. Paris, France
• 6. Henry P. du Bellet and the Texas and Pacific Arrive in Weatherford
• 7. Moving West with the Railroads
• 8. The Loss of Two Presidents
• 9. Leon Chotteau Comes to Texas
• 10. The Du Bellet Enterprises
• 11. More Trouble in Weatherford
• 12. George P. Levy
• 13. Mrs. Alfred Hammond of Weatherford
• 14. The French in Texas
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Virginia Taylor was the Spanish translator for the General Land Office of Texas and has translated The Memoirs of Pancho Villa, published in 1965.