This a story of the Kidd and Carter families, whose saga stretched from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to Texas and the Territory of New Mexico. Some of them came to Texas before Independence, but returned east to fight in the Civil War. They were farmers, ranchers, freighters, miners, soldiers, Army officers, blackguards and even preachers. Generation after generation have verbally repeated their epic of moving to West Texas and to the Territory of New Mexico. Some information was gleaned from diaries, genealogy studies, and a little from history. However, these stories are about courage, forgiveness, love, tenacity and the belief in God and country.
This a story of the Kidd and Carter families, whose saga stretched from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee to Texas and the Territory of New Mexico. Some of them came to Texas before Independence, but returned east to fight in the Civil War. They were farmers, ranchers, freighters, miners, soldiers, Army officers, blackguards and even preachers. Generation after generation have verbally repeated their epic of moving to West Texas and to the Territory of New Mexico. Some information was gleaned from diaries, genealogy studies, and a little from history. However, these stories are about courage, forgiveness, love, tenacity and the belief in God and country.