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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: 2017
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Object Type: Book
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
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880 (open access)

Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880

This dissertation develops and utilizes a methodology for combining data drawn from the manuscript census returns and the county tax rolls to study landless farmers during the period from 1850 until 1880 in three Texas Brazos River Valley counties: Fort Bend, Milam, and Palo Pinto. It focuses in particular on those landless farmers who appear to have had no option other than tenant farming. It concludes that there were such landless farmers throughout the period, although they were a relatively insignificant factor in the agricultural economy before the Civil War. During the Antebellum decade, poor tenant farmers were a higher proportion of the population on the frontier than in the interior, but throughout the period, they were found in higher numbers in the central portion of the river valley. White tenants generally avoided the coastal plantation areas, although by 1880, that pattern seemed to be changing. Emancipation had tremendous impact on both black and white landless farmers. Although both groups were now theoretically competing for the same resource, productive crop land, their reactions during the first fifteen years were so different that it suggests two systems of tenant farming divided by caste. As population expansion put increasing pressure on the …
Date: December 1988
Creator: Harper, Cecil
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inventory of county records, Milam County Courthouse, Cameron, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Milam County Courthouse, Cameron, Texas

Inventory of records of Milam County housed in the Milam County Courthouse in Cameron, Texas. 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, County Auditor, and County Attorney. Also provides an index.
Date: 1980
Creator: Fortin, Maurice G.; Riney, James E. & Jones, Charles Alan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Historian, Volume 35, Number 1, September 1974 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 35, Number 1, September 1974

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: September 1974
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Historian, Volume 35, Number 5, May 1975 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 35, Number 5, May 1975

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: May 1975
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Milam County, no. 166 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Milam County, no. 166

Inventory of records of Milam County housed in the Milam County Courthouse or storage facilities as of 1937. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, Criminal District Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, 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). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 30, Number 4, January 1970 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 30, Number 4, January 1970

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, July 1987 - April, 1988 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 91, July 1987 - April, 1988

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 583.
Date: 1987/1988
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 55, July 1951 - April, 1952

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 537.
Date: 1952
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Historian, Volume 37, Number 5, May 1977 (open access)

The Texas Historian, Volume 37, Number 5, May 1977

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927

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 327.
Date: 1927
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 11, July 26 through October 14, 1835, Nashville-on-the-Brazos (open access)

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 11, July 26 through October 14, 1835, Nashville-on-the-Brazos

The papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas include text providing historical context and an overview of events as well as transcriptions of land grant maps and other documentation related to the colony. This volume focuses on the events immediately before the Texas Revolution when the Mexican army moved into parts of Texas and the people living in Sarahville de Viesca (the capital of Robertson's Colony) began to leave the city to live in Nashville-on-the-Brazos, another city within the borders of the colony. Index starts on page 625.
Date: 1984
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926

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 325.
Date: 1926
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 97, July 1993 - April, 1994

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 723.
Date: 1994
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 26, Number 3, December 1965 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 26, Number 3, December 1965

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: December 1965
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 27, Number 6, May 1967 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 27, Number 6, May 1967

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1906 (open access)

The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1906 (open access)

The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: June 14, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 (open access)

The Cameron Herald. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941

Weekly newspaper from Cameron, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: December 18, 1941
Creator: White, Jefferson B.
Object Type: Newspaper
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
Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties. (open access)

Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.
Date: 1895
Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1922 (open access)

The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1922

Weekly newspaper from Rockdale, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 18, 1922
Creator: Cooke, John Esten
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History