Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998

Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1853 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 9, 1853
Creator: Smith S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1853 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 9, 1853
Creator: Smith, S. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1864 (open access)

The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1864

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 9, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gonzales Reform. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914 (open access)

Gonzales Reform. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 9, 1914
Creator: Arno, Carl
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History