title: Destiny road;: The Gila Trail and the opening of the Southwest
author:  Odie B Faulk 
description: In the years following the Mexican War, the Gila Trail was truly a "destiny road" for America. Stretching from Texas west to San Diego, it linked the newly acquired California territory with the rest of the nation and became the most famous stagecoach road between the two. Over this route came the precious Overland Mail. And over the same streamed the gold-seakers of -419. cattle drives, wagon trains. Civil War armies, and later, the Southern Pacific railroad. In the process of crossing the arid Southwest, some of the travelers. workers. and cowboys began to alter their thoughts about the region. It began to seem a suitable home for more and yet more Americans. So grew the towns of El Paso. Tucson. and San Diego. Destiny Rood is the colorful. exciting story of the trail that first opened this land to settlement, and of the men who built it, followed it. and fought over it.
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  Arrows of Ladis
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Legends of Gilia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  RG Long
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Retrovert Books, 2018.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are
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  ARROWS OF LADIS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **First edition. August 27, 2018.**
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 RG Long.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Written by RG Long.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#0-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#UGI0-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [Maps and
  More](part0003_split_000.html#2RHM0-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [1: The Red
  Porch](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [2: The Disputed
  Lands](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [3: The Crew of the
  Juliet](part0006_split_000.html#5N3C0-b7a246607c5b4d5bbdaada4d2fd30d27)
  
  
  [4: Port City](part0007_split_000.html#6LJU0-b7a246607c5