из тех же мемуаров Гранта:

I was already the best travelled boy in Georgetown, except the sons of one man, John Walker, who had emigrated to Texas with his family, and immigrated back as soon as he could get the means to do so. In his short stay in Texas he acquired a very different opinion of the country from what one would form going there now.

Написано в середине 1880-х, и Техас всё еще отдельная страна)) Хоть и менее стрёмная чем в довоенное время XD