[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora Osterhout, October 24, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to Ora Osterhout, October 24, 1880]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to her sister, Ora Osterhout. She wrote to update her sister about life at school. She told her of a sermon she attended, social event, the food she had been eating while away from home, and other small bits of local news.
Date: October 24, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, September 24, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, September 24, 1880]

Letter from Gertrude Osterhout to her father, John Patterson Osterhout. She wrote to inform her father that she had received the items that were sent to her and detailed what a typical day studying at Baylor College entailed for her. She mentioned a reverend that came to campus and asked if her brother Paul would be joining her at school.
Date: September 24, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, September 24, 1880] (open access)

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Gertrude Osterhout, September 24, 1880]

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his daughter, Gertrude Osterhout, discussing affairs at home. He wrote about his family's health and a show that came to Belton, Texas that his sons went to see. He told Gertrude that he hoped he would come to like the doctors she worked with and that his son needed to start working on their cotton crop.
Date: September 24, 1880
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
System: The Portal to Texas History