Yes, I've heard that Cotulla was one rough place! Well, if you really think about it, your had to be a pretty tough hombre to even survive much less thrive in such a rough territory. The ranchers struggled to tame the brush country and etch out a living as best they could. They worked hard and played hard. They still do to this day. Also, the land beyond the Nueces Strip pretty much belonged to banditos until the late 1800s. What a wonderful history!! Rick -----Original Message----- From: Gene O'Quinn <peoquinn@pdq.net> To: TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com <TXBASTRO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, February 07, 2000 1:02 PM Subject: [TXBASTRO-L] Cotulla/Kotula story >Interesting. You left out the part about Cotulla being the meanest town in >South Texas during the "Old West" days. Story is that there were more >outlaws, owl hoots, and general all-around bad boyz that made Cotulla their >home base because it was between San Antonio and Laredo and there were a >lot of easy pickin's travelling through the area. I have often wondered if >the book "Lonesome Dove" may have been patterned after Cotulla? >By the way the name that caught my eye was "Krietz". Roy Krietz used to be >my boss, but his family was from Wharton County. > > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >