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The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter (open access)

The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter

Contains biographical information on Big-Foot Wallace.
Date: 1870
Creator: Duval, John C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Man]

Photo of an undentified man taken at the Naschke Studio, Galveston Texas. Back of photo reads: "1870 - came to Palestine 1885"
Date: 1870~
Creator: Naschke
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Men]

Photo of four unidentified men thought to be steamboat captains.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trinity River Steamboat]

Photo of one of the steamboats that went up and down the Trinity River from Galveston to Magnolia Landing.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Elkhart]

Photo of downtown Elkhart made before the town burned down.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Street - Elkhart]

Photo of Main Street, Elkhart.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Anderson County Courthouse]

Photo of the second Courthouse that stood in Palestine, Anderson County. It served the county from approximately 1860 until 1885.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Palestine Railroad Mansion]

Photo of what is commonly called a "Railroad Mansion". One of the large homes built by the magnates of the I&GN Railroad. It is not known where this house was located, but it was most likely south of the railroad tracks along S. Sycamore or S. Magnolia streets in Palestine.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Anderson County Courthouse]

Photo of the second Courthouse that stood in Palestine, Anderson County. It served the county from approximately 1860 until 1885.
Date: 1870~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sesions, 1867, and part of the Galveson session, 1868.  Volume 30. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sesions, 1867, and part of the Galveson session, 1868. Volume 30.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1867 and 1868 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a list of the lawyers, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal describes restrictions placed on the reporter by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1869.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for town lot in Navasota (open access)

Deed for town lot in Navasota

Deed for a town lot sold from the estate of Parker Smith to W. C. Greer. Document written by executor for the estate. E. D. Johnson.
Date: December 6, 1870
Creator: Johnson, E. D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of stock in the Washington County Fair Association of Brenham, 1870] (open access)

[Certificate of stock in the Washington County Fair Association of Brenham, 1870]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Certificate of stock in the Washington County Fair Association of Brenham, TX
Date: 1870
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaves from the coffin of General Robert E. Lee (open access)

Leaves from the coffin of General Robert E. Lee

Lined paper with leaves attached with following statement, "Gen. Robert E. Lee/ born/ Jan 19th 1807/ died/ Oct 12th 1870/ and was buried/ Oct 15th 1870/ Leaves from his coffin/ given by G. ??"
Date: 1870
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of George W. Hardy vs. D. D. Hassell and W. K Payne, cause no. 540, 1870 (open access)

Documents pertaining to the case of George W. Hardy vs. D. D. Hassell and W. K Payne, cause no. 540, 1870

Documents relating to the case of George W. Hardy vs. D. D. Hassell and W. K Payne include the original petition which has the original promisory note (written by the defendant February 10, 1866) as an attachment; document was submitted to the District Court of Henderson County and received by the District Clerk on February 10, 1868. Other documetns include citations to summon W. K. Payne and D. D. Hassell, a request for the clerk to send fees due on a writ, and two copies of the execution of the judgement for the plaintiff that also list court fees for the case; one copy of the execution was sent to the sheriff of Henderson County, the other to Navarro County.
Date: 1870
Creator: Holland, B. C. & Thompson, Jeff. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A. D. 1868. (open access)

Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A. D. 1868.

Minutes of the Reconstruction Convention including text of Resolutions and Declarations made during the session. The Reoport of the Attorney-General of Texas and other documents are included in the Appendix, starting on page 947. Index begins on page 995.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Constitutional Convention (1868-1869).
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, Dec. 7, A. D. 1868, Volume 2 (open access)

Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, Dec. 7, A. D. 1868, Volume 2

Minutes of the Reconstruction Convention including text of Resolutions and Declarations made during the session. Index begins on page 539.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Constitutional Convention (1868-1869).
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delta County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Delta County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1870
Creator: Klappenbach, L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

DeWitt County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1870
Creator: Arlitt, F. H. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

DeWitt County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering DeWitt County, Texas. The road from Victoria to LaGrange, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1870
Creator: Arlitt, F. H. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Karnes County

Map of Karnes County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The roads to San Patricio, to Oakville, to Gonzales, to Yorktown, to San Antonio, and from San Antonio to Victoria via Yorktown, Texas are shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1870
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis County

Cadastral map of Travis County in the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 14, 1870
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis County

Cadastral map of Travis County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 14, 1870
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Travis County

Cadastral map of Travis County, Texas in the Hill Country region. The lower-left quarter of this map is missing. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 14, 1870
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Zandt County

Map of Van Zandt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Mercer's Colony Line and the road from Kingsborough to Fort Houston, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1870
Creator: Stremme, C. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History