The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 545.
Date: 1961
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Friendswood Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1983
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pearland Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1983
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Almeda Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1982
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backwoods to Border (open access)

Backwoods to Border

Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (open access)

Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore

Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Date: 1997
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Friendswood Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pearland Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Almeda Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from H. Austin to J. F. Perry, January 26, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from H. Austin to J. F. Perry, January 26, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from H. Austin to J. F. Perry regarding drafts.
Date: January 26, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, April 6, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, April 6, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry proposing that a publication be made to demonstrate the difficulties Stephen F. Austin encountered in order to settle Texas.
Date: April 6, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from A. Somerville to James F. Perry, June 10, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from A. Somerville to James F. Perry, June 10, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from A. Somerville to James F. Perry, in which Somerville asks Perry to assist his nephew, James J. Mackall, in finding work in Brazoria.
Date: June 10, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, July 13, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, July 13, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, in which Perry attempts to contact Williams since they are co-executors of Stephen F. Austin's estate. Perry has enclosed a document concerning land parcels written in Williams's handwriting and signed by Austin that he has questions about.
Date: July 13, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, September 16, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, September 16, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry concerning letter and papers that were on the schooner The Agnes, which wrecked on Point Bolivar.
Date: September 16, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from S. L. Jones and Co. to James F. Perry, September 2, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from S. L. Jones and Co. to James F. Perry, September 2, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from S. L. Jones and Co. to James F. Perry, discussing lumber that is available and providing a copy of Perry's bill.
Date: September 2, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Henry Austin to James F. Perry, October 6, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Henry Austin to James F. Perry, October 6, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Austin to James F. Perry regarding a report he is creating of families who settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony.
Date: October 6, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, November 8, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry, November 8, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Gail Borden Jr. to James F. Perry concerning the delivery of a letter and the sale of a steer.
Date: November 8, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Austin to James Reed, April 1, 1839] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James F. Austin to James Reed, April 1, 1839]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to James Reed relaying news of Monroe Edwards's trial.
Date: April 1, 1839
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from William Stafford to Stephen F. Austin, September 28, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from William Stafford to Stephen F. Austin, September 28, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Stafford to Stephen F. Austin, on September 28, 1836, detailing the ruin of his plantation and asking to be allowed to take care of himself rather than fight in the war.
Date: September 28, 1836
Creator: Stafford, William
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of agreement between Barnard E. Bee and James F. Perry, December 19, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of agreement between Barnard E. Bee and James F. Perry, December 19, 1837]

Copy of transcript for an agreement between Barnard E. Bee and James F. Perry for Bee to relinquish his contract between him and Stephen F. Austin for the purchase of land, which Bee was unable to secure the payments for.
Date: December 19, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]] (open access)

[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]]

Copy of transcript for a memorandum from Elias R. Wightman concerning lands owned by Stephen F. Austin and James E. B. Austin.
Date: 1837?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to General McGrady, Jr., January 9, 1839] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to General McGrady, Jr., January 9, 1839]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to General McGrady, Jr., in which Perry offers advice about moving to Texas.
Date: January 7, 1839
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letters from James F. Perry to H. Chrisman and James Beard, January 24, 1839] (open access)

[Transcript of letters from James F. Perry to H. Chrisman and James Beard, January 24, 1839]

Copy of transcript for a letters from James F. Perry to H. Chrisman and James Beard. In Perry's letter to Chrisman, he discusses a land deal with Lockridge. And in Perry's incomplete letter to James Beard, he discusses the collection of money.
Date: January 24, 1839
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History