Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies

Volume 2 of the water plan for Region L (South Central Texas) describing water management strategies for different suppliers in the region.
Date: December 2015
Creator: South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas (open access)

Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas

Travel guide for the various cultural and historical sites along the Texas Hill Country Trail in Central Texas.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
The Junior Historian, Volume 7, Number 5, March 1947 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 7, Number 5, March 1947

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: March 1947
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Smithson Valley Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of Smithson Valley, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Includes red overprint of roads classifications. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1958
Creator: Murphy, T. F.; Belton, R. J.; Thomson, W. C. & Cope, O. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds (open access)

Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds

This volume contains popular folklore of Texas, including folk dramas, myths, folk music, stories about farming and agriculture, religious folk stories, and information about folk customs, dances and folk art. The index begins on page 157.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudson, Wilson M.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of county records, Comal County courthouse, New Braunfels, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Comal County courthouse, New Braunfels, Texas

Inventory of the records of Comal County. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, County Clerk as Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, Auditor, Road Administrator, and County Attorney. Includes an index as well as a listing of county records housed in Sophienburg Memorial Museum.
Date: 1981
Creator: Texas County Records Inventory Project
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, July 1946 - April, 1947 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 50, July 1946 - April, 1947

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date: 1947
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, July 1965 - April, 1966 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, July 1965 - April, 1966

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 561.
Date: 1966
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: The Eggeling Hotel] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: The Eggeling Hotel]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the The Eggeling Hotel, in New Braunfels, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comal County Long-Range County Program (open access)

Comal County Long-Range County Program

This report was prepared by the County Program Building Committee to deal primarily with Agriculture, Home Economics, Community Improvement, and subjects closely related to family living and development. The brief history and background information on social, economic, and industrial development are shown in order to relate the areas of concern and method of implementation of this program to the overall development of the economy and living conditions of the county.
Date: September 1967
Creator: Comal County (Tex.). Program Building Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Long-Range County Program: Comal County (open access)

Long-Range County Program: Comal County

This report outlines a plan for Comal County to deal primarily with agriculture, home economics, community improvement, and other areas related to the economy and living conditions in the county.
Date: September 1967
Creator: Comal County (Tex.). Program Building Committee.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Complying with the Edwards Aquifier Rules: Administrative Guidance (open access)

Complying with the Edwards Aquifier Rules: Administrative Guidance

A guide to how to comply with the Edwards Aquifer rules for landowners in Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties, Texas.
Date: June 1999
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Field Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ray Robinson, June 25, 1979 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ray Robinson, June 25, 1979

Interview with Ray Robinson regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the Texas National Guard, 36th Division, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion, also known as the "Lost Battalion." He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date: June 25, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Ray Robinson
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library