Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion (open access)

Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion

This book "is a compendium of America's Indian Wars and the mountain men, soldiers, cowboys and pioneers who took part in them" (dust-jacket). It includes information about all the major American Indian battles, the lives of notable men who fought in the battles, and the combat techniques employed. The index begins on page 247.
Date: 1991
Creator: O'Neal, Bill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1872 (open access)

The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising. This was the first African American newspaper printed in Texas.
Date: May 4, 1872
Creator: Nelson, Richard
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Miner, Volume 2, Number 5, February 16, 1895 (open access)

The Texas Miner, Volume 2, Number 5, February 16, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Thurber, Texas which contains discussions of coal mining, local-interest stories, and various other commentaries.
Date: February 16, 1895
Creator: McAdams, Walter B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History