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[Transcript of Letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, March 21, 1836]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, on March 21, 1836, discussing the battle of the Alamo from the Mexican point of view.
Date:
March 21, 1836
Creator:
Santa Anna, Antonio López
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hidalgo County
Map of Hidalgo County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Laguna Madre is marked in blue, as shown on map. The roads to San Patricio, Texas, and from Rio Grande City to Corpus Christi, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 20, 1863
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Substitution Request from Henry S. Field to Hamilton K. Redway, December 20, 1864]
Correspondence from Henry S. Field to Captain Hamilton K. Redway on December 20, 1864 requesting assistance in the substitution of Private William Thompson's son, Abel Thompson, in his place. In this letter, Field states that Private Thompson is afflicted with an organic disease of the heart. Field strongly recommends the substitution of Private Thompson's son, Abel Thompson, who is seventeen years of age.
Date:
December 20, 1864
Creator:
Field, Henry S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hidalgo County
Map of Hidalgo County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
April 1880
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James B. Wells to William John Bryan, September 22, 1905]
Letter from James B. Wells to William John Bryan declining Bryan's invitation to the West Texan Fair.
Date:
September 22, 1905
Creator:
Wells, James B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lon C. Hill and William Jennigan Bryan]
Photograph of Lon C. Hill and William Jennigan Bryan, two men wearing dark suits and cowboy hats sitting in chairs in front of a group of unidentified men also wearing suits and hats with a two-story house and a tree visible in the background. In the image on the top the two men are facing each other and appear to be talking to each other, as are several men in the back. In the image on the bottom all the men are facing forward and seem to be posing for the photograph. A text under the first image reads "Before Buying Land" and a text on the bottom reads "After Buying Land From Conway & Hoit. Mission Tex."
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the lands sold by the Hidalgo Canal Co. McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas : Showing subdivisions, present owners, canals & roads,
Map shows canals, roads, railroads, subdivisions, block and lot numbers, lot dimensions, land ownership, and pumping facilities. Scale [1:16,667].
Date:
1909
Creator:
Washington, W. O.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 16, 1910
Creator:
Moritz, Isadore
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hidalgo County
Blue line print of survey map of Hidalgo County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:355,555] (4000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date:
1911
Creator:
McDonald, H. F. & Terrell, O. O.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hidalgo County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1911
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Ice House in McAllen]
Postcard of a building near railroad tracks with people standing on its porch. A note on the front of the postcard describes it: "McAllen, Tex. Ice House." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard, addressed to Mrs. Amelia Rinkle in St. Louis, Missouri, says, "Best regards from Lon and Florence."
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Testimony from W. B. Hinckly
Testimony of a farmer concerning the opportunities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Date:
[1912..1919]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arrival of the Standard Land Co. party San Juan, Tex.
Excursion party and drivers posing in front of automobiles and railroad cars at Sharyland, Texas.
Date:
February 9, 1912
Creator:
Novelty Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Standard Land Co's party at Rio Grande River and Main Pump
Excursion party posing between the Rio Grande and and the pump house near Hidalgo, Texas
Date:
February 10, 1912
Creator:
Novelty Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
John H. Shary excursion party
Excursion party posing in front of Charles Volz's home
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excursion crowd, Lower Rio Grande Valley near Mission, Tex
Excursion party posing in field with 2 farm workers. John Shary standing on far right
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excursion of Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Excursion party posing in front of field, white wooden house to the left
Date:
December 2, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Juan Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:48000
Date:
1914
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Juan Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date:
1914
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sharyland 1914]
"Sharyland 1914" barn and house in front of corn fields
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sharyland excursion
Excursion party posing between house and barn.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excursion of International Land and Investment Co.]
Excursion party posing in front of field next to a home
Date:
January 10, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 23, 1914
Creator:
Brooks, Ben L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1914
Weekly newspaper from Mercedes, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 30, 1914
Creator:
Brooks, Ben L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History