Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898; recollections of war, politics, adventure, events, narratives, sketches, etc., by W. W. Mills. (open access)

Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898; recollections of war, politics, adventure, events, narratives, sketches, etc., by W. W. Mills.

Recollections of war, politics, adventure, events, narratives, sketches, etc.
Date: 1901
Creator: Mills, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A soldier's letters to charming Nellie (open access)

A soldier's letters to charming Nellie

A soldier's letters to charming Nellie, by J.B. Polley, of Hood's Texas Brigade.
Date: 1908
Creator: Polley, Joseph Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity: Volume 2 (open access)

A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity: Volume 2

A history of the settlement of the Dallas area. This volume includes profiles and biographies on citizens of Dallas and the surrounding area. Also includes profiles of several local businesses.
Date: 1909
Creator: Lindsley, Philip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reminiscences of reconstruction in Texas ; and, Reminiscences of Texas and Texans fifty years ago (open access)

Reminiscences of reconstruction in Texas ; and, Reminiscences of Texas and Texans fifty years ago

The author's personal recollections of the Reconstruction in Texas. The work is "intended to be illustrative of the conditions existing in Texas, the customs, feelings, and sentiments of the people, that came under the obersvation of the author at that time; and in addition some short sketches of the judges that occupied the bench and the lawyers that practiced in the Third and Thirteenth Judicial Districts fifty years ago, with a few short sketches of some early settlers, clerical and lay"
Date: 1902
Creator: Wood, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
De Witt's Colony (open access)

De Witt's Colony

A history of DeWitt's Colony which was established by Green DeWitt and James Kerr in 1825.
Date: 1905
Creator: Rather, Ethel Zivley
System: The Portal to Texas History