How Indian Emily Saved Fort Davis - Francell, Larry
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Legends, myths, and ghost stories have long roamed the rugged West Texas towns - and one legend has intrigued story-tellers and researchers for generations. The Forts across Texas hold a powerful history and each have their own stories and mythologies, and Fort Davis, Texas is no exception. The legend of Indian Emily is a story that has been told throughout the Davis Mountains and around campfires for years. West Texas author Larry Francell digs into the legend of Indian Emily in this new journalistic critique. Covering stories and histories gathered over the past century, Larry asks, and…mehr

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Legends, myths, and ghost stories have long roamed the rugged West Texas towns - and one legend has intrigued story-tellers and researchers for generations. The Forts across Texas hold a powerful history and each have their own stories and mythologies, and Fort Davis, Texas is no exception. The legend of Indian Emily is a story that has been told throughout the Davis Mountains and around campfires for years. West Texas author Larry Francell digs into the legend of Indian Emily in this new journalistic critique. Covering stories and histories gathered over the past century, Larry asks, and tries to answer, questions about the young woman known as Indian Emily. Did she really save the soldiers at Fort Davis? Where was she buried? How was she portrayed in different stories over the years?
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Larry Francell has degrees in history from Austin College (B.A. - thank you Dr. Ed Phillips) and UT-Austin (M.A.) and began a 50-year career in museums as a summer ranger at Fort Davis National Historic Site. For the past 20 years he has also been involved in Jeff Davis County government in several elected and appointed positions. He is the author of Fort Lancaster: Texas Frontier Sentinel, Fort Davis (Images of America), How Indian Emily Saved Fort Davis and the Introductory Essay of Marfa Flights by Paul Chaplo. He has always been intrigued by why the Army never changed the name of Fort Davis, and even though he must have been a perplexing and challenging character, has a much greater affinity for Jefferson C. Davis than the other guy.