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Occurrence, Quality, and Availability of Ground Water in Callahan County, Texas (open access)

Occurrence, Quality, and Availability of Ground Water in Callahan County, Texas

Report on the groundwater in Callahan County, including chemical quality analyses, water usage, recharge rates, and storage estimates.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Price, Robert D.; Walker, Loyd E. & Sieh, Thomas W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Early History of Floyd County (open access)

The Early History of Floyd County

This book discusses the history of Floyd County, Texas, including the general organization of the county, the first settlers and settlements, battles, expeditions, and notable individuals. The index begins on page 141.
Date: 1947
Creator: Hall, Claude V.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore (open access)

T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date: 1982
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Soil Survey of Callahan County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Callahan County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Callahan County, Texas.
Date: 1981
Creator: Clower, Dennis F.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Northwest Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies

Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cross Plains Fire Storm Scrapbook Excerpt] (open access)

[Cross Plains Fire Storm Scrapbook Excerpt]

Excerpt of a scrapbook from Cross Plains, Texas covering the fire storm that hit the town in December 2005 and rebuilding that happened in 2006. The excerpt includes an introduction and newspaper clippings from national and local coverage.
Date: 2005-12/2006
Creator: Cavanaugh, Bettie
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of county records, Callahan County courthouse, Baird, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Callahan County courthouse, Baird, Texas

Inventory of the records of Callahan County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the Commissioners' Court, County Clerk, County Court, County Attorney, District Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Tax Assessor-Collector, County Treasurer, and School Superintendent. Includes a listing of Callahan County Records and an index.
Date: 1977
Creator: Texas County Records Inventory Project
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History