Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining (open access)

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining

Text with detailed description of the areas shown by the accompanying map, including geographical and cultural information.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pioneer history of Bandera County : seventy-five years of intrepid history (open access)

Pioneer history of Bandera County : seventy-five years of intrepid history

A history of Bandera County from 1847 to 1922.
Date: 1922
Creator: Hunter, J. Marvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan. (open access)

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan.

An exploration of the Red River of Texas and Louisiana.
Date: 1854
Creator: Marcy, Randolph Barnes
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892.  Volume 2. (open access)

History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892. Volume 2.

Volume two of a two-volume set, covers Texas history from the time of Texas's fight for independence from Mexico through the gubernatorial administation of James S. Hogg in 1892.
Date: 1893
Creator: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1 (open access)

Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1

None
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
System: The Portal to Texas History
The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union.  Volume 2. (open access)

The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union. Volume 2.

Volume two of a two-volume set details political and military action in the Civil War. Chapter I (pp. 17-25) discusses activity in Texas and New Mexico in 1862. Analytical index begins on p. 765.
Date: 1866
Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Grayson County, Texas (open access)

A History of Grayson County, Texas

This book covers the early history of Grayson County, including early pioneers, industry, and development.
Date: 1936
Creator: Lucas, Mattie Davis & Hall, Mita Holsapple
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rangers and sovereignty (open access)

Rangers and sovereignty

A book about Texas Rangers and the events they took part in. Some of the contents detail the battles that the Rangers fought in, the different criminals they dealt with, and some of the events in their own personal lives.
Date: 1914
Creator: Roberts, Dan W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Dallas County, Texas : from 1837 to 1887 (open access)

History of Dallas County, Texas : from 1837 to 1887

A history of the settlement and political organization of Dallas County as well as altercations between Anglo-American settlers and the indigenous American Indians of the region.
Date: 1887
Creator: Brown, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sixty years in Texas (open access)

Sixty years in Texas

Sketches of the old pioneers of Dallas County, especially the Jackson family.
Date: 1908
Creator: Jackson, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 (open access)

History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1

Book describing Texas history up to the time of annexation to the United States of America. This first volume is broken into 22 chapters covering the start of European immigration (roughly 1685) through the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1835, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.
Date: 1855
Creator: Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2 (open access)

Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2

None
Date: 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (open access)

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

A history of pioneers in Texas and their confrontations with local American Indians.
Date: 1880~
Creator: Brown, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (open access)

History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties.

Book containing a brief overview of the state of Texas and more specific focus on six specific counties, with extensive biographical sketches about persons related to the history of those places. An alphabetical index of persons who are included follows the table of contents at the front of the book.
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union.  Volume 1. (open access)

The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union. Volume 1.

Volume one of a two-volume set gives a historical overview of slavery and the abolition movement in the U.S., records events leading to secession, and details political and military action early in the Civil War. Chapter XII (pp. 147-177) discusses the annexation of Texas to the United States. Analytical index begins on p. 633.
Date: 1864
Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Fayette County, no. 75 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Fayette County, no. 75

Inventory of records of Fayette County housed in the Fayette County Courthouse as of 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justice of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constable, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Auditor, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). References constitutional provisions and laws specifically applicable to Fayette County. Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes
Date: June 1940
Creator: unknown
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
A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination (open access)

A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination

Texas history textbook
Date: 1895
Creator: Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke
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 the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865 (open access)

Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865

Sketches of several hundred Confederate veterans, residing in Texas after the Civil War, giving particulars of their war service.
Date: 1912
Creator: Yeary, Mamie, 1876-
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892.  Volume 1. (open access)

History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892. Volume 1.

Volume one of a two-volume set, covers Texas history from colonial times to Texas's fight for independence from Mexico.
Date: 1892
Creator: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas (open access)

Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas

Biographical view of Texas and its history including narratives of the individuals who helped shape Texas history and information about important point in history including: the pioneer days of Texas, Texas' transition from a Mexican state to being part of the United States, and the wars in which Texas citizens took part.
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History