Table of Contents
Preface 7
Acknowledgements 11
Introduction 13
1 The Irvins Arrive in Texas 27
2 Powhatan and Son Begin Cattle Ranching 35
3 Nathanial Marries Levina 42
4 Westward to New Mexico Territory 46
5 Mining Boomtowns 56
6 Apache Raids 60
7 Silver, the Road to Riches 76
8 Was Nat Iran a Cattle Rustler? 86
9 Return to Texas 93
10 Ranching in Irion County, Texas 104
11 Ranching in Fisher County, Texas 120
12 Tom Irvin Marries 126
13 Better Prospects in Farmington, NM 131
14 Life in Early Farmington 140
15 New Mexico Becomes a State 161
16 U.S. Enters World War I 174
17 The Post-War Years 178
18 Nat Irvin's Firstborn, Tom 197
19 World War II 205
20 The Post-WWII Years 211
Epilogue 227
Tom Irvin's Ancestral Family Tree 229
Nathanial and Levina Irvin's Family 230
Working Map of Irvins' Travel Routes 231
Notes 232
Bibliography 241
Index 243