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[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to Clara, March 29, 1863]
Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he says that despaired of receiving another letter from her after waiting a month between letters. David describes what they had to leave behind when the order to move out came. He also lists what he took with him. He recounts the meeting with his mother when he returned to her home after moving to Texas. He remarks that for once she hand nothing to say. He tells Clara he raced her mare. He appreciates the hat she gave him. He explains about the care of peach trees. He also says that he thinks it would be best to allow a slave, Rhett, to marry her beau. He ends the letter by sending his love to her and the children.
Date:
March 29, 1863
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from D. S. Kennard to his Father, March 4, 1862]
A letter from D.S. Kennard to his father, stating that not much is happening, but his regiment may soon be sent to Arkansas, He also discusses the high price of commodities and dry goods.
Date:
March 4, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, D. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David S. Kennard to his sister, March 24, 1862]
Letter from David S. Kennard from Eagle Grove, Galveston County, to his sister discussing a fire in Houston and his regiment's plans to march to Arkansas. He is not sure if he will get to go home on the way. He received a letter from John Hawthorp saying their relations were well. Also mentioned in the letter is that three or four of the boys have measles.
Date:
March 24, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, David S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David S. Kennard to Sarah Kennard, June 11, 1862]
Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother, Sarah Kennard from Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas discussing his marching from Dangerfield and their continued marching into Little Rock to meet up with his regiment. Mentions meeting soldiers who were discharged because of their age. He met several soldiers in Washington who were in his company and left behind because of sickness and Mart White, who had died. He also discusses the high prices of corn and paper.
Date:
June 11, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, David S. & Kennard, Sarah
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Missouri Pacific Railway system.
Map shows late nineteenth century routes of the Missouri Pacific Railway through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, and parts of Texas, Nebraska, and Illinois. Scale not given.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Rand McNally and Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth is the geographical and transportation center of the Mid-Continent Oil Fields.
Map shows oil pipelines with company names, cities, towns, names and locations of major oil fields in the Mid-Continent Oil Fields [Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and portions of Kansas and New Mexico] with Fort Worth located at the center. Includes text in margin corners extollling advantages of Fort Worth. Scale not given.
Date:
1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States, North America, according to Calvin, Smith & Tanner: The south central section comprising Texas, Lousiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Western Territory, and part of Missouri
Map shows county lines, rivers, cities, towns, and cities in Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and portions of Texas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Western Territory. Appears in the author's Companion Atlas to the Gazetteer of the World. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000].
Date:
1860
Creator:
Swanston, G. H. (George H.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topographical map of the road from Fort Smith Arks. to Santa Fe, N.M. and from Donna Anna N.M. to Fort Smith.
Map shows two routes taken across West Texas from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Santa Fe, New Mexico; settlements, camp locations, landmarks, vegetation, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date:
1850
Creator:
Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America (central sheet).
Map shows major cities and towns, water sources, military posts, railroads, and major roads for states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the Indian Territory, and portions of Woming, Colorado, and New Mexico; an outlined area in center of Indian Territory as "Oklahoma" and panhandle as public lands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:6,047,811].
Date:
[1889..1891]
Creator:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blättern Bl. 5
Map shows all or portions of south central states of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Indian Territory through central Texas. Areas of Native American habitation, military posts, roads, railroads, water sources, cities and towns are noted. Includes names and dates on expenditionary routes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date:
1872
Creator:
Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America: Eastern & Central [Sheet 5]
Map shows proposed Pacific Railway routes and existing transportation routes across the mid-nineteenth century south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,294,720].
Date:
1863
Creator:
Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory]
Map shows early twentieth century geography, county lines, major roadways, cities, and towns in Texas, "Oklahoma Indian Territory," and part of Arkansas. No scale indicated.
Date:
1900?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]
Map shows mid-nineteenth century cities, towns, ports, transportation routes, mileage scales, and geography of south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,980,000].
Date:
1859
Creator:
Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gray's atlas map of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century geography, counties, cities, and towns in Texas and a portion of Arkansas. Insets: "Plan of Galveston Bay" and "Plan of Sabine Lake." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,800,000] and Scale [ca. 1:3,379,000].
Date:
1874
Creator:
O.W. Gray & Son
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the lower Mississippi, Gulf and frontier Pacific railroad and its proposed connections, from Galveston, New Orleans, Vicksburg and Memphis via El Paso, across the territories to the California coast cities.
Map shows late nineteenth century rail routes and proposed rail routes across the Gulf Coast and Southwestern United States. Includes "Table of Distances." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1880?
Creator:
Rand McNally and Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
County map of the state of Texas showing also portions of the adjoining states and territories.
Map shows railroads, cities and towns, military posts, counties, some roads, springs, notable geographic features, areas of Native American habitation. Includes historical notes and dates on the cessation of lands to the United States in "Indian Territory." Inset: "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Scale [ca. 1:3,265,000].
Date:
1879
Creator:
Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.
Map shows late nineteenth century cities, railroads, military outposts, areas of Native American habitation, and geographic features in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and a portion of New Mexico and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma]. Relief show by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,200,000].
Date:
[1873..1883]
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika [Sheet 1].
Map shows roads, railroads, lakes, swamps, cities and towns in late nineteenth century south central United States [Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and "Indian Territory"]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date:
1873
Creator:
Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Texas short line: St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern Railways.
Map shows main and connecting railroad routes from St. Louis to cities in Arkansas and Texas and stops along those routes. Includes panel below map with advertising text. Scale not given.
Date:
1878
Creator:
Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
I&GN International Route : The Mexico-St. Louis Special
Map shows railroad route from St. Louis to Mexico City. Railroads, counties, and towns in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory are indicated and areas of Indian habitation are noted. Includes text describing the advantages of "The Mexico-St. Louis Special." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1906
Creator:
International & Great Northern Railroad
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Important to all! Bound for the happy lands! Low rates to Arkansas and Missouri via Saint Louis over the popular St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y.
Map shows birdseye overview of major cities and rivers and the railroad route between St. Louis and Texas through Arkansas, and between St. Louis and points in Mississippi; the Gulf Coast between Galveston and Mobile. Includes panels above and below map with descriptive text and railroad fares. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not indicated.
Date:
[1874..1883]
Creator:
St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General topographical map, sheet XXIV: [parts of Indian Territory, Texas, and Arkansas].
Map shows roads, military posts, railroads, post offices, cities, and towns in southeastern portion of "Indian Territory," northeastern Texas, and southwestern Arkansas. Includes notes on vegatation. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date:
[1891..1895]
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas shewing [sic.] the grants in possession of the Colorado & Red River Land Compy.
Map shows settlements, major roads, mining activity, former and contemporary land empresarios and companies and their boundaries; overlapping boundaries for Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas; adjacent Missouri Territory, Arkansas Territory, and Louisiana. Includes population statistics, acreage, and notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:2,740,000].
Date:
1835
Creator:
Colorado and Red River Land Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bouldin Family Scrapbook]
The first half of the scrapbook is composed of newspaper articles that have been pasted onto the pages and some that were inserted in between the book's pages. The articles are from Confederate states and contain news, poems, and stories centered around the Civil War and the time after. The second half of the book served as a ledger for the family to keep track of their expenses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History