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[Clipping: Just Like Topsy, City Has 'Grown'] (open access)

[Clipping: Just Like Topsy, City Has 'Grown']

Newspaper clipping of an article about the growth and development of Abilene and its city limits, including an illustration of a map showing the changes in the city's limits since 1895.
Date: February 1, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Project Survey] (open access)

[Project Survey]

Blank project survey form. There are spots for financial information and proposed project information.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: City Bus Takeover Studied by Council] (open access)

[Clipping: City Bus Takeover Studied by Council]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the Abilene city council's takeover of the Abilene bus system.
Date: October 20, 1964
Creator: Shell, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Nolan County's Pioneers Named] (open access)

[Clipping: Nolan County's Pioneers Named]

Newspaper clippings of an article about Nolan County citizens in 1880.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Here's What City, County Bonds Would Buy] (open access)

[Clipping: Here's What City, County Bonds Would Buy]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for city and county bonds, including a list of the proposed improvements. The article includes a photograph of an airplane stewardess standing on an airport runway, looking upwards.
Date: February 5, 1967
Creator: Armistead, Bob & Tabor, Don
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Here's What Happens] (open access)

[Clipping: Here's What Happens]

Newspaper clipping of a brief article about a photograph of Abilene after a major flood, included with the article.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Downtown Bus Transfer Location to Be Changed] (open access)

[Clipping: Downtown Bus Transfer Location to Be Changed]

Newspaper clipping of an article about changes to the Abilene bus transfer points. Two smaller articles in the clipping give information about a planned bonfire and a car crash. There is an advertisement for a Hoover washer in the bottom right corner.
Date: November 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[O. K. Hobbs Plat Book] (open access)

[O. K. Hobbs Plat Book]

This plat book includes an indexed segment in the middle as well as additional plats, assembly drawings, and newspaper clippings that were added to the beginning and end of the compilation. A table of contents on page 115 lists the segments in the middle section of the plat book including an alphabetical index by name (p. 117), an index by number of blocks and surveys (p. 133), eleven index maps, and the plats that were filed through May 1, 1930.
Date: 1930-05~
Creator: [Abilene (Tex.)] City Engineering Department
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Horton & Hall's Subdivision of Lots Number 3 and 4, Block "D" of the Ledbetter Addition to Abilene, Texas

Map of Horton and Hall's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Sycamore (formerly Center), South Fourteenth (formerly Kirkland), Chestnut, and South Fifteenth (formerly White) streets. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: August 12, 1926
Creator: Riney, W. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Horton & Hall's Subdivision of Lots Numbers 3 and 4 of Block "D", Ledbetter Addition to Abilene, Texas

Map of Horton and Hall's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Sycamore (formerly Center), South Fourteenth (formerly Kirkland), Chestnut, and South Fifteenth (formerly White) streets. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: unknown
Creator: Balch, Edgar L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Property Belonging to George W. Jalonick, Being part of the Benjamin Austin Survey, Number 91. Adjoining Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Map of George W. Jalonick's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas divided by Essex Street. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions.
Date: 1926
Creator: Balch, Edgar L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Property Belonging to George W. Jalonick, Being part of the Benjamin Austin Survey, Number 91. Adjoining Abilene, Taylor County, Texas

Map of Geo. W. Jalonick's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas divided by Church and Tremont streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Beard, Truman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of J. N. Ferguson's Subdivision of Lots 2 T 10 Block A of G. W. Jaloick's First Addition to Abilene, Texas [#1]

Map of J. N. Ferguson's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Poplar, Elm, and Dallam streets, and divided by Butternut and Church streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: unknown
Creator: Murray, J. B. & Holsworth, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of J. N. Ferguson's Subdivision of Lots 2 T 10 Block A of G. W. Jaloick's First Addition to Abilene, Texas [#2]

Map of J. N. Ferguson's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Poplar, Elm, and Dallam streets, and divided by Butternut and Church streets. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: unknown
Creator: Murray, J. B. & Holsworth, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of F. W. Hughes Subdivision of Blocks B and C of Geo. W. Jalonicks Second Addition to Abilene, Texas.

Map of F. W. Hughes' Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Church, McLemore, and Murray streets, and divided by Elm Street. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:2,400.
Date: unknown
Creator: Murray, J. B. & Holsworth, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Ed. S. Hughes' Subdivision Lots 7 & 8 of Hughes Subdivision of Block C Jalonic's Addition to Abilene, Texas.

Map of Ed. S. Hughes' Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Church, McLemore, Butternut, and Elm streets. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:1,200.
Date: 1926
Creator: Beard, Truman & Balch, Edgar L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Alfred and Mary Fasshauer Subdivision in Taylor County, Texas]

Map of a portion of Taylor County, Texas encompassing properties from several different land surveys bordered to the east by Cedar Gap Dike and to the west (roughly) by Button Willow Creek. Various properties are marked and have notations with acreage; the different surveys are also labeled. Scale 1:4,800
Date: unknown
Creator: Beard, T.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Subdivision of the Estate of W. T. Woody being all of the West 1/2 Survey No. 35 Lunatic Asylum Land, Taylor County, Texas.

Map of W. T. Woody's Subdivision in Taylor County, Texas. The block is divided into ten numbered lots showing property divisions. Scale 1:6,000.
Date: 1929
Creator: Ross, L. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of A. B. Hohhertz's Subdivision of the North Half Lot 1, Dellis and Paxton Subdivision Lots No. 1 & 2 of the Steffen's Subdivision of Merchant's Pasture an Addition to the City of Abilene, Texas.

Map of A. B. Hohhertz's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by Anson Avenue, Hohhertz and Grape streets, and divided by Swenson Avenue (Extended). The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:1,200.
Date: unknown
Creator: Balch, Edgar L. & Beard, Truman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steffens Subdivision of the Merchant Pasture a Suburban Addition to the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, A Magnificent Body of Rich Valley Land

Map of Steffens' Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas. The subdivision is divided by Cat Claw Creek, Little Elm Creek, and Clear Fork of Brazos or Big Elm. The land is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:16,667.
Date: May 24, 1928
Creator: Eldridge, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of A. L. Anthony's Subdivision of South 1/2 of Lot No. 5 of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of Lot No. 6 of the Dellis and Paxton Subdivision of Steffen's a Part of the Jas. R. Shipman Sur. No. 85 in Taylor County, Texas

Map of A. L. Anthony's Subdivision in Taylor County, Texas bordered by Summers Street and Highway No. 30, and divided by Anthony Street. The blocks are divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:109.
Date: unknown
Creator: Beard, Truman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dellis & Paxton's Subdivision of No. 1 & 2 of Steffens Subdivision of the Merchant Pasture.

Map of Dellis and Paxton's Subdivision in Taylor County, Texas bordered by Abilene and Anson Road, Anson Avenue, and Caudry Street. The block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:4,333.
Date: 1928
Creator: Crow, C. C. & McKean, J. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat of Joe M. Totten's Subdivision and the Steffens & Lowden Subdivision #2]

Map showing several subdivisions of land in Abilene bordered by University Boulevard, Old Anson Road, Sandefer Street, and Kirkwood Avenue. Scale 1:1,200
Date: May 30, 1931
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the E. M. Graham Subdivision of the north One-Third of Block A, J. F. Northington Addition to Abilene, Texas

Map of a portion of Abilene, Texas bordered by South Eight, Oak, South Ninth, and Sycamore streets. There are some divisions showing individual properties and notations regarding various additions and dimensions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Murray, J. B. & Holsworth, W. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History