A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future (open access)

A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future

A book describing economic conditions in Texas in the early 1880s.
Date: 1881
Creator: Roberts, Oran Milo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura (open access)

Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura

Book about travel in Texas.
Date: 1846
Creator: Page, Frederic Benjamin.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910. (open access)

The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910.

Book describing the public land system of Texas.
Date: February 1918
Creator: McKitrick, Reuben
System: The Portal to Texas History
The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado (open access)

The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado

City of Fort Worth.; Texas Mikado. Fort Worth facts in footnote area of each page of text of play./ Subtitle on cover: The Texas Mikado./ Folded colored map inserted at front./ Advertising matter on leaves before and after numbered pages.
Date: 1888
Creator: Smith, Ed. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, the Lone Star State (open access)

Texas, the Lone Star State

Real estate brochure for sale of lands in Montgomery County.
Date: 1893
Creator: Daugherty, J.S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people (open access)

A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people

Book covering four aspects of Texas: history, biography, miscellany, and statistical.
Date: 1875
Creator: Baker, D. W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903 (open access)

Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. Directory of the City of Waco, 1902-1903

City directory for Waco, 1902-3. Embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of city and county officials, churches, public and private schools, banks, asylums, hospitals, commercial bodies, secret societies, street and avenue guide, etc.
Date: 1902
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography (open access)

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Reprint of statements by William Kennedy (in an English edition) regarding his experiences and opinions on the Republic of Texas. It also includes a copy of the field notes and survey journals kept by A. Le Grand (pp. 105-115) to provide additional context.
Date: 1844
Creator: Kennedy, William, 1799-1849
System: The Portal to Texas History
A preliminary annotated check list of the Cretaceous invertebrate fossils of Texas accompanied by a short description of the lithology and stratigraphy of the system (open access)

A preliminary annotated check list of the Cretaceous invertebrate fossils of Texas accompanied by a short description of the lithology and stratigraphy of the system

A book "defining the stratigraphic arrangement and composition of the rocks composing the two Cretaceous series of Texas."
Date: 1889
Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti (open access)

The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti

A book describing Benjamin Lundy's travels in Texas and Mexico. Lundy was an important figure in the anti-slavery movement.
Date: 1847
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them. (open access)