Texas: Kerrville Sheet

Topographic map of Kerrville, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, county lines, rivers, creeks, and mountains. Relief shown by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1937
Creator: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, A. H. & Fitch, C. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gillespie County

Blue line print of survey map of Gillespie County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to identify Pinta Trail. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1918
Creator: Terrell, O. O.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Fredericksburg Sheet

Topographic quadrangle map of Fredericksburg, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, water bodies, mountains, borders between counties, and landmarks. Relief indicated by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. On verso: explanation and history of topographic maps of the U.S. and standard symbols used. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1932
Creator: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, A. H.; Douglas, E. M. & Fitch, C. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hotel Nimitz Matchbook] (open access)

[Hotel Nimitz Matchbook]

Scrap torn from a matchbook from Hotel Nimitz in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hotel Nimitz
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"]

Magazine clipping containing letters from John Mounce and Chaplin Robert Deming about Veteran's Day celebrations and dedications. Editor's notes about the next issue's content are highlighted.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Mounce, John & Deming, Robert T.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009] (open access)

[Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed, Nov. 27, 2009]

Letter from Ronald Bullord to Betty Jo Reed recalling an old cereal commercial with the phrase "when it's round up time in Texas", and using that to lead into requesting Reed's help to gather a group of WASP to attend a Pearl Harbor Survivors memorial in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Date: November 27, 2009
Creator: Bullord, Ronald
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eli Rode to Truett Latimer, February 4, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Eli Rode to Truett Latimer, February 4, 1957]

Letter from Eli Rode to Truett Latimer discussing the regulation of the game and fish commission.
Date: February 4, 1957
Creator: Rode, Eli
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History