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A History of Smith County, Texas (open access)

A History of Smith County, Texas

This thesis gives an overview of the history of Smith County, Texas. The chapters, according to the Table of Contents: Topography and Earliest Indian Life; The Cherokees; The Expulsion of the Cherokees; The Exploration and Beginnings of Smith County; Frontier Smith County, 1846-1851; The Ante-Bellum Period, 1860-1874; The Railroads and Their Influences, 1870-1900; Post Civil War Politics and Society, 1870-1900; and The Major Industrial Period.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Ward, William R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Smith County, Texas (open access)

A History of Smith County, Texas

This paper explores the history of Smith County in Texas. Smith County is located in the pine and post oak belts of Northeastern Texas and is the fourth county southward from the Oklahoma boundary and the third county westward from the Louisiana state line. It covers its topographical features, early Native American life, its Cherokees occupation along with their expulsion, Smith's County's establishment, it's status as a frontier, its ante-bellum period, it's place in the civil war and during reconstruction, industrial revolution, and its conditions during WWI and WWII.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Ward, William R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 271, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 2, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 271, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 2, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 271, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 271, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1942 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1942

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 21, 1942
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1940 (open access)

The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1940

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 273, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1940 (open access)

The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 273, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1940

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 4, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944 (open access)

The Dallas Craftsman (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: Reilly, Wallace
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Labor Messenger (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1944 (open access)

Labor Messenger (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date: May 26, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Labor Messenger (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944 (open access)

Labor Messenger (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes news and information concerning the labor movement along with advertising.
Date: May 19, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1947 (open access)

Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1947

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1947
Creator: White, D. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1947 (open access)

The Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 1947

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 1, 1947
Creator: Beren, Sheldon K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1940 (open access)

Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1940

Weekly newspaper from Hebbronville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1949

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 26, 1949
Creator: Wisch, J.A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1940 (open access)

Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1940

Weekly newspaper from Hebbronville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Howe Messenger (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1941 (open access)

The Howe Messenger (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1941

Weekly newspaper from Howe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1941
Creator: Bryant, Russell W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Howe Messenger (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1940 (open access)

The Howe Messenger (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1940

Weekly newspaper from Howe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 31, 1940
Creator: Bryant, Russell W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Persons and Places in Mark Twain's Fiction (open access)

Persons and Places in Mark Twain's Fiction

This paper focuses on Mark Twain's writing style and characterization in his fiction. The settings and characters of his fiction are in particular focus, specifically how Mark Twain draws on personal experiences and memories to make his characters and settings more relatable and realistic. A brief biography of Twain's life is given before the author goes into the specifics of characterization and settings.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Sherman, Elizabeth P.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 12, 1940 (open access)

Valley Sunday Star-Monitor-Herald (Harlingen, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 12, 1940

Weekly newspaper combining titles from Harlingen, Brownsville, and McAllen Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 12, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History