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The Industrial Advantages of Austin, Texas, or Austin Up To Date
This book gives a brief historical overview of Austin, Texas and discusses the impact of the industries on the city, noting the major business enterprises of the time period. Index follows page 91.
Date:
1894
Creator:
Austin Board of Trade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of Austin, Texas, 1911
This book includes written information about the history, and schools in Austin, Texas as well as an overview of statistics for Texas and a description of the Austin Business League. Primarily, the book has photographs of different views and buildings around the city.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Austin Business League
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charter, by-laws and prospectus of the Austin Trust Co. ... : chartered May 3, 1873
The charter and bylaws of the Austin Trust Company.
Date:
1873
Creator:
Austin Trust Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capitol Directory, Austin, Texas
"Names, street addresses, telephone numbers and department of employment of persons permanently located in the state capitol and the state land office building on February 1, 1921."
Date:
1921
Creator:
Austin, Tex: Forum Print. Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive
Memoir of Theodore 'Dot' Babb, describing his experiences when he and several others were taken captive in the 1865 by Comanches near present-day Decatur, Texas and what happened after he was released.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Babb, T. A. (Theodore Adolphus), 1852-1936
System:
The Portal to Texas History
In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive
Memoir of Theodore 'Dot' Babb, describing his experiences when he and several others were taken captive in the 1865 by Comanches near present-day Decatur, Texas and what happened after he was released.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Babb, T. A. (Theodore Adolphus), 1852-1936
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People
A book about Texas history, biography, and miscellany.
Date:
1875
Creator:
Baker, D. W. C. (De Witt Clinton), 1832-1881
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas
This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.
Date:
January 1901
Creator:
Barker, Eugene C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of Hill City lodge no. 456, A.F. & A.M.: from its constitution on June 19, 1876 to St. John's Day, June 24, 1919
A history of the Hill City Lodge in Austin from its constitution on June 19, 1876 to St. John's Day, June 24, 1919.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Bell, William G.; Franklin, William G.; Donnan, John K. & Atkinson, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry's Wedding
Original copy of statement by Lawrence K. Smoot, as recorded by Ralph Bickler, a court reporter, and furnished to [Trueman] O‘Quinn, relating the events surrounding the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes at the Smoot home one July evening in 1887, with Lawrence as an “unofficial” witness when he was about 12 years of age. The date of the wedding was actually July 1, 1887 as a notice of the marriage appeared the next day in the Austin Daily Statesman.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Bickler, Ralph A. & Smoot, Lawrence K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reminiscences of an ex-Confederate soldier : or, Forty years on crutches
A narrative of a soldier's experiences in the Civil War. T.H. Bowman was a soldier in Company A, William Wirt Adams's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. He fought in Kentucky and Tennessee, and later settled in Texas.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Bowman, T. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of the First Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
A history of the First Baptist Church of Austin, Texas.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Brooks, Mrs. V. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910
This book describes the ceremonies and processes involved in moving Austin's remains and includes the relevant formal decisions by the Texas State Legislature.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Bryan, Guy M., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road
"The Street and Avenue Guide consists of two sections. The first section comprises the numbered streets in numerical order. The second section comprises the streets by name in alphabetical order."
Date:
June 10, 1921
Creator:
Bush, D. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Progresive Retail Merchant of Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1915
Periodical containing information about business-related topics in Travis County, along with civic news regarding organizational meetings, stories, and other information of interest to business owners and merchants in the Austin area.
Date:
July 1915
Creator:
Capital City Advertising Association
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint Directory of the Christian Churches of Austin, Texas
List of names and addresses of the members of each church including lists of officers and other church leaders.
Date:
May 11, 1918
Creator:
Central Christian Church
System:
The Portal to Texas History
By-laws and house rules of the Country Club, Austin, Texas.
Bylaws of the Country Club of Austin, Texas in 1911.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Country Club of Austin.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Footprints of Texas history
A book about Texas history.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Dill, Minnie G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Almanac, 1856.
The almanac includes general information about medicine, statistics, recipes, folk remedies, and meteorology for 1856.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Duffau, Francis T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago
This article gives historical background of the first dam at Austin, Texas and its failure followed by a discussion of the changes that were made when building the new dam, including plans.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Engineering Record
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, May 26 and 27th, 1900
A book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Austin.
Date:
1900
Creator:
First Presbyterian Church
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873.
The 1872-1873 Austin city directory, "Containing an Interesting History of Austin, the Name and Residence of its Citizens, and Local Information of General Interest." (From the title page.)
Date:
1872
Creator:
Gray, S. A & Moore, W. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas : delivered in Christ Church, Houston, on Saturday, May 9th, 1863
Primary charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas : delivered in Christ Church, Houston, on Saturday, May 9th, 1863 by Bishop of the Diocese, Alexander Gregg.
Date:
1863
Creator:
Gregg, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History