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Map of the Butterfield Trail, Through Taylor County, Texas

Map of the Butterfield Trail mail route in Taylor County, Texas, in service between September 1858 and 1861, from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Fransisco, California. Map includes water bodies, blocks of land, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:82,368
Date: November 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County.

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Brazos County, Texas, showing showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in pencil about crabapple trees. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: November 1922
Creator: Matzow, Fr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calhoun Co.

Cadastral map of Calhoun County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: November 1919
Creator: Giles, J. Bascom & Wicker, G. T.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:12,000,000
Date: November 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 4, 2008 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 2008
Creator: Koe, Crystal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 2009 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 24, 2009
Creator: Wong, Adriel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 30, 2010
Creator: Hahne, Elyse
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 99, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 9, 2010
Creator: Hahne, Elyse
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 18, 2008 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 97, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 2008
Creator: Koe, Crystal
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes campus news and local news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 2009
Creator: Wong, Adriel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Bus Line Loses $1,700 Monthly] (open access)

[Clipping: Bus Line Loses $1,700 Monthly]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the Abilene bus company's budget being cut by $1,700 for the 1965-1966 fiscal year. Below the article is a brief traffic score for Abilene.
Date: November 1, 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Brick Paving, Long Used All but Faded From Scene] (open access)

[Clipping: Brick Paving, Long Used All but Faded From Scene]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the historical brick paving in Abilene's streets and the city's replacement of the brick with more modern paving material. The article includes a photograph of an example of brick paving in Abilene.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Martin, Ray
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Says City's Pumps Short on Horsepower] (open access)

[Clipping: Says City's Pumps Short on Horsepower]

Newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor of the Abilene Reporter-News concerning the city's work on Abilene's water pumps.
Date: November 2, 1952
Creator: English, Joe H.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet (open access)

Tegul-Mineralead Pamphlet

Pamphlet for Tegul-Mineralead, including its production and use, with nine photographs demonstrating its uses. The pamphlet includes a table of quantities and a brief history of Mineralead's development.
Date: November 1938
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860] (open access)

[Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860]

Land patent issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.
Date: November 27, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Critical Sewer Line Planned] (open access)

[Clipping: Critical Sewer Line Planned]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for the city's sewer system, including a map of the planned sewer line in relation to the layout of the city. On the same page are advertisements for Grissom's couturier and drinking glasses, as well as an article about Abilene High School.
Date: November 17, 1960
Creator: McAda, Bill
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Water, Sewers, Parking Studied] (open access)

[Clipping: Water, Sewers, Parking Studied]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene City Council's studies of the city water, sewers and parking, as well as plans for improvements in these areas.
Date: November 18, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: City Construction Continues to Soar] (open access)

[Clipping: City Construction Continues to Soar]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene city construction plans and progress with the object of promoting business. The article includes photographs of the construction around Abilene, Texas. The last clipping also includes an American Stock Exchange List.
Date: November 28, 1965
Creator: Pouns, Joe
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Effort to Increase City Bus Use Started; Routes Listed] (open access)

[Clipping: Effort to Increase City Bus Use Started; Routes Listed]

Newspaper clipping of an article about efforts by the city to increase Abilene bus system use. The article includes the system's routes and stops.
Date: November 3, 1964
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

[Postcard from Dayle Willis to Truett Latimer, November 4, 1955]

Postcard from Dayle Willis to Truett Latimer asking for his TCU-Texas tickets if Latimer does not plan on using them.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Willis, Dayle
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 16] (open access)

[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 16]

Memorandum with only the text, "Not Issued," printed.
Date: November 2, 1918
Creator: Applewhite, H. LaF.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 18] (open access)

[UT Students' Army Training Corps Memo Number 18]

Memorandum outlining the academic standards necessary for students in the Students Army Training Corps.
Date: November 2, 1918
Creator: Applewhite, H. LaF.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History