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A History of Bonham, Texas (open access)

A History of Bonham, Texas

Book outlining the early history of Bonham, Texas, including information about people, businesses, development of municipal services and government, and other related topics, organized into four main sections: Early Pioneer Days (1836-1861), War Period (1861-1865), Period of Reconstruction (1865-1875), and Later Development (1875-1929).
Date: 1929
Creator: Bonham High School. American History Class.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie (open access)

The Fenner Forebears of Samuel Fenner Leslie

A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of immigrant Richard Fenner and his son Robert Fenner and one line of his descendants: Robert Fenner, Jr., Joseph F. Fenner, and Lucy Fenner Leslie, the mother of Samuel Fenner Leslie. The texts includes information about Fenner family children, kin, and the family of their spouses as well as family military service spanning from the American Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War. Each chapter has a narrative, notes, sources, and appendices.
Date: 1987
Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fannin County Folks & Facts (open access)

Fannin County Folks & Facts

Compilation of information and stories about Fannin County, Texas including chapters for the history of the county, home life, vocations, education, transportation, activities, and family histories.
Date: 1977
Creator: Bonham Public Library
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families (open access)

A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families

Book outlining the early history of Fannin County, including detailed descriptions of the main city (Bonham); churches, schools and community centers; ranching; settler families; and other related informtaion.
Date: October 1966
Creator: Hodge, Floy Crandall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Horse Cavalry (open access)

Plow-Horse Cavalry

Book discussing the Civil War as experienced by the Thirty-Fourth Texas Cavalry, in particular the soldiers from Caney Creek, Texas.
Date: 1974
Creator: Weddle, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The History of Leonard, Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

The History of Leonard, Texas: Volume 2

Book discussing the history of Leonard, Texas including descriptions of the main institutions, major events, lists of families living in the city, photographs, and lists of the graduating classes of Leonard High School.
Date: 2005
Creator: Leonard Preservation League
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Leslie Line: Ancestors of Five Leslie Brothers (open access)

The Leslie Line: Ancestors of Five Leslie Brothers

A book complied by Ruth Leslie Barrett detailing the history of five generations of a single Leslie family line beginning in America with George Leslie (1734-1775). Chapters describe the Leslie origins in Scotland, biographical information on George Leslie, Samuel Leslie , James Leslie, and John T. Leslie, as well as the kinsmen of Agnes Allison Leslie, and E. A. Atkins Leslie.
Date: 1990
Creator: Barrett, Ruth Leslie
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our Town Windom, Texas (open access)

Our Town Windom, Texas

Book describing the history of Windom, Texas, with compiled information about families who lived in the area, biographical sketches of individuals who made an impact on the town, narratives about events, and histories of churches and community institutions. It includes copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, historic maps, and other supporting documents.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
System: The Portal to Texas History
Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Fannin County (open access)

Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Fannin County

Directory of the men and women from Fannin County, Texas who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. Each person's entry contains their photo, a short biography, and where they served.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices (open access)

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Worley's Directory of Bonham and Fannin County Texas, 1914 (open access)

Worley's Directory of Bonham and Fannin County Texas, 1914

Directory for Bohham, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1914
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Fannin County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Fannin 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 Fannin County, Texas.
Date: 2001
Creator: Goerdel, A. R. & Sherwood, Catherine C.
System: The Portal to Texas History