9. Leon Chotteau Comes to Texas

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS IX
4. ILLUSTRATIONS XI
5. MAPS, FIGURES, AND CHARTS XII
6. INTRODUCTION XIII
7. 1. John C. Fremont and the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railway Company 1
8. 2. John A. C. Gray and the Texas and Pacific Railway Company 63
9. 3. A Land Company Is Formed 111
10. 4. Weatherford, Texas 142
11. 5. Paris, France 152
12. 6. Henry P. du Bellet and the Texas and Pacific Arrive in Weatherford 171
13. 7. Moving West with the Railroads 184
14. 8. The Loss of Two Presidents 205
15. 9. Leon Chotteau Comes to Texas 210
16. 10. The Du Bellet Enterprises 217
17. 11. More Trouble in Weatherford 230
18. 12. George P. Levy 245
19. 13. Mrs. Alfred Hammond of Weatherford 281
20. 14. The French in Texas 287
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
22. INDEX 311