Resource Type

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States

A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas (open access)

A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas

Revised field guide, organized as an easy reference book to gas stations in Texas, addressing the history and development of gas stations and oil companies operating in Texas and discussing registration requirements for gas stations. This version includes a company branding guide, a matrix of gas station evolution over time, and expansions of various other sections.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Jones, W. Dwayne; Moore, David W., Jr. & Mace, Shonda
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Local Texas Bridges (open access)

A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Local Texas Bridges

Report discussing historic Texas bridges including a brief history of roads and bridges in the state of Texas, a guide for conducting related research, an overview of bridge types, some resources, a list of bridges in the National Register of Historic Places, and a glossary of terms for features and conditions of bridges, engineering, and other related vocabulary.
Date: October 2013
Creator: Knight, Lila
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines for Assessing the NRHP Eligibility of Commercial Historic Districts in Crossroads Communities in Northwest-Central Texas (open access)

Guidelines for Assessing the NRHP Eligibility of Commercial Historic Districts in Crossroads Communities in Northwest-Central Texas

This Report Provides the framework for assessing the eligibility of historic downtowns in the northwest portion of central Texas for inclusion in NRHP.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Moore, David W., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historic-age Motels in Texas from the 1950s to the 1970s: An Annotated Guide to Selected Studies (open access)

Historic-age Motels in Texas from the 1950s to the 1970s: An Annotated Guide to Selected Studies

Publication providing "a review of materials relating to the survey and evaluation of post-World War II to 1970s motels [...] intended to serve as a starting point for the eventual compilation of guidelines" (p. 1).
Date: March 2011
Creator: Ralph Edward Newlan & Laura Caffrey
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Historic Agricultural Processing Facilities in Texas: An Annotated Guide to Selected Studies (open access)

Historic Agricultural Processing Facilities in Texas: An Annotated Guide to Selected Studies

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Date: April 2010
Creator: Lassel, Susan; Freeman, Martha Doty & Knight, Lila
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History