Language

Bird's Eye View Map of San Antonio, Tex.

Pictorial map of San Antonio showing buildings and streets with a river running through the middle of the city; the map is surrounded by business advertisements. On the back are four pages of text with a variety of articles including an article about Texas climatology, a map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway routes, a series of anecdotes, and two pages of biographical sketches with illustrations of the people and animals they describe.
Date: December 1891
Creator: San Antonio Light
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 1 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 1

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume one covers A through T.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 2 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 2

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume two covers U through Z, and the numerical brands.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chief Quanah Parker Visiting Quanah, Texas

Photograph of Quanah, Texas when Chief Quanah Parker visited on July 4, 1896. The Fort Worth and Denver Railway station is at the left. Over 250 Comanche braves rode horses in the parade with Parker and three of his wives.
Date: July 4, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Circular of the Secretary of the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War] (open access)

[Circular of the Secretary of the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War]

Circular from the Secretary of the National Association of Veterans of the Mexican War informing the veterans of the stipulations of a new pension program.
Date: December 25, 1892
Creator: Kenaday, Alex M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Distribution of the Population of the United States: 1890

This map of the United States is shaded in brown tones according to the population of the area.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Census Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 3 1891] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 3 1891]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of fourteen dollars and ninety-six cents for the year 1891. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 3, 1891
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 8 1897] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 8 1897]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1897 in the amount of sixteen dollars and ninety-six cents. The original grantees were R.W. Boyce and J. Morris. The document is dated December 8, 1897 and was signed by S.P. Snider.
Date: December 8, 1897
Creator: Snider, S.P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 23 1890] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 23 1890]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and ten cents for the year 1890. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 23, 1890
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

In Loving Rememberance of Mrs. Mattie H. Cook

Printed card remembering Mrs. Mattie H. Cook, who died on Dec. 9, 1893 at age 38. Her name is printed on an image of a Bible and a poem is printed below. The poem reads, "We miss thee from our home dear; We miss thee from thy place; A shadow o'er our life is cast; We miss the sunshine of thy face We miss thy kind and willing hand, Thy fond and earnest care; Our home is dark without thee- We miss thee everywhere."
Date: December 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference.: of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, held in Waxahachie, Texas, November 18-23, 1896. (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference.: of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, held in Waxahachie, Texas, November 18-23, 1896.

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, resolutions, by-laws, memoirs, and statistical tables.
Date: 1896
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Epsicopal Church, South. (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Epsicopal Church, South.

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, appointments, memoirs, report of boards and committees, and statistical tables.
Date: 1898
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Epsicopal Church, South, Held in the City Hall, Fort Worth, Texas, November 15th-21st, 1893. (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Epsicopal Church, South, Held in the City Hall, Fort Worth, Texas, November 15th-21st, 1893.

Journal proceedings of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, supplemental reports, constitution and by-laws of the Northwest Texas Conference Brotherhood, memoirs, and statistical tables.
Date: 1894
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lena Ellis on her 5th Birthday, 1894

Studio photograph of Lena Ellis on her fifth birthday. Her hair is short, dark and parted in the middle. She is wearing a large, long white dress with a sash and poofy sleeves. Her shoes are black with buckles and she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. She is standing on top of a grass pile with a wooden fence behind her. Printed beneath the photograph is, "Works, Cor. 3rd and Main Streets. Fort Worth. Tex." Written is, "Lena Ellis".
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Works
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David T. Crockett to Martha Parks and Family, April 17 1897] (open access)

[Letter from David T. Crockett to Martha Parks and Family, April 17 1897]

Letter from David T. Crockett to Martha Parks and Family. The letter is dated April 17, 1897, and is written on Menger Hotel stationery.
Date: April 17, 1897
Creator: Crockett, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Granbury, Texas, April 15 1892] (open access)

[Letter from Granbury, Texas, April 15 1892]

Letter from Granbury Texas dated April 15, 1892
Date: April 13, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S.H. Stout to Milton Parks] (open access)

[Letter from S.H. Stout to Milton Parks]

Letter from S.H. Stout to Mitlon Parks. The letter is dated July 19, 1892.
Date: July 19, 1892
Creator: Stout, S.H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sallie Parks to Allie Parks, June 9 1892] (open access)

[Letter from Sallie Parks to Allie Parks, June 9 1892]

Letter from Sallie Parks to Allie Parks. The letter is dated June 9, 1892.
Date: June 9, 1892
Creator: Parks, Sallie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie, 20 December 1893] (open access)

[Letter to Allie, 20 December 1893]

Letter to Allie from an unidentified family member.
Date: December 20, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie, Jim and Lela from unknown sender, September 26 1899] (open access)

[Letter to Allie, Jim and Lela from unknown sender, September 26 1899]

Letter from unknown sender to Allie, Jim and Lela. The letter is dated September 26, 1899.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Allie Smith c. 1893] (open access)

[Letter to Allie Smith c. 1893]

Letters to Mrs. Allie Smith from October 3, 1893 and July 8, 1893 from Sallie M. P.
Date: 1893~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Mrs. Allie Smith from unknown sender, January 27 1899] (open access)

[Letter to Mrs. Allie Smith from unknown sender, January 27 1899]

Letter from unknown sender to Mrs. Alie Smith. The letter is dated January 27, 1899.
Date: January 27, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

LFD Ranch

Photograph of cowboys catching horses on the LFD Ranch near Midland. The cowboys stand holding ropes near a large herd of horses. A pile of fire wood is next to the cooking pots on the right of the photo.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map of a birds-eye view of Wichita Falls, Texas in 1890. Illustrations of the Courthouse, Grocery Store, School, Bank, and other establishments surround the view of the town's buildings and it's lake.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, Thaddeus Mortimer
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History