{"product_id":"a-texas-pioneer-staging-freighting-on-the-texas-frontier-santeben","title":"A Texas Pioneer - Staging \u0026 Freighting on the Texas Frontier, Santeben","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"txt7\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"txt8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eA Texas Pioneer!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\":3sa\" class=\"Ar Au Ao\"\u003e\n\u003cp id=\":3se\" class=\"Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-owns=\":43c\" aria-controls=\":43c\" tabindex=\"1\"\u003eAugust Santleben almost didn't make it to Texas. . . or to his first birthday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ship bringing the Santleben family from Germany struck the bar at Galveston Bay and broke apart. Nearly everyone was drowned. The family was cast ashore without a penny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey settled in Castro's Colony, where young August went to work at the age of twelve. (Some people today think a twelve-year-old needs a babysitter.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a teen August Santleben blew like a leaf, back and forth, across the border, going wherever the magnet of opportunity pulled him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe was just seventeen when Civil War came. He enlisted at Brownsville and was elected corporal of the First Texas Cavalry. That was a Union regiment. Isn't history full of surprises?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what August Santleben is best known for is founding the first stagecoach line between Texas and Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor three decades he moved people and freight through some of the most dangerous and inhospitable country to be found. Dealing with hostile Indians, Mexican bandits and American stage robbers was just part of doing business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful thing about August Santleben is he names names. Hundreds of the them. Seems he knew just about everyone from San Antonio to the border and across it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn one section he gives the names of 392 people and the dates they were killed by Indians. He said those were just the ones he could remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 342 pages of \"dirt under your nails\" storytelling and detail after detail about how life was actually lived in the Texas borderlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-owns=\":43c\" aria-controls=\":43c\" tabindex=\"1\"\u003eThe chapter headings will give you an idea of what you'll be reading:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1845 - Castroville - Indians - Big-foot Wallace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shenanigans - Mail to Bandera - Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e Employments in Mexico - Silver Mines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e Service in the Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indian Depredations - Mexican Highwaymen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smugglers - Emperor Maximilian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Stage Service from U.S. to Mexico - Valley of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mexico City - The Mexican War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1868 - Robbers - Horse Breeding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10:\u003c\/strong\u003e More Robbers - Mesmeric Encounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1869 - Freighting From Indianola to Chihuahua - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClubbing Jackrabbits\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Ox-Wagon in Texas - Prairie Schooners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1870 - Sister St. Stephens - Chihuahua Mines - Indian Fights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14:\u003c\/strong\u003e Murder in San Antonio - Comanche Attack - Mule Calamities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pecos Salt Lake - Anastacio Gonzales - Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Opportunity\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16:\u003c\/strong\u003e Freighting With My Family - Gen. McKenzie - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFatal Accident - Mule Fright\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17:\u003c\/strong\u003e Danda, Indian Fighter - Brewing Beer in Chihuahua\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18:\u003c\/strong\u003e Accused of Smuggling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19:\u003c\/strong\u003e Justifiable Homicide - Dr. Paschal - Buffalo Hunt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1875 - Hauling A Meteorite to Philadelphia - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Attempted Robbery\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 21:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cardise Killed In El Paso - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFreighting Chihuahua to San Antonio\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 22:\u003c\/strong\u003e Revolution in Chihuahua - General Ord - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFinal Trip to Chihuahua - Chloroform\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 23:\u003c\/strong\u003e San Antonio Transfer Company - First Telephones - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIll Health - New Rules At Eagle Pass - Betrayal\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 24:\u003c\/strong\u003e Claim Against The Government - 126,000 Miles - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Family\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 25:\u003c\/strong\u003e Settlement of Castroville - First Colonists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 26:\u003c\/strong\u003e History of Medina County - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSettlements and Settlers\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 27:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indian Depredations On The Frontier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 28:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reminiscences of Old San Antonio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 29:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Frontier States of Mexico\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-owns=\":43c\" aria-controls=\":43c\" tabindex=\"1\"\u003eIt is our privilege to bring A Texas Pioneer back to life for today's Texans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"txt5\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Physical Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"txt0\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Texas Pioneer \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e342 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover in satin finish dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Copano Bay Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47997405397213,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/6595\/files\/a-texas-pioneer-staging-freighting-on-the-texas-frontier-santeben-2336377.png?v=1780574886","url":"https:\/\/copanobaypress-gallery.com\/products\/a-texas-pioneer-staging-freighting-on-the-texas-frontier-santeben","provider":"Copano Bay Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}