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Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library
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Palacios Library
4,078
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
706
Palacios Area Historical Association
241
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
204
Texas Historical Commission
198
UNT Libraries Special Collections
40
Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
34
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
25
Danish Heritage Preservation Society
25
14 More
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
10,365
Matagorda County Area Newspaper Collection
6,158
Matagator Foundation Grant Collection
6,158
Tocker Foundation Grant
4,078
Palacios Beacon
4,026
United States Census Map Collection
397
Rescuing Texas History, 2016
241
USGS Topographic Map Collection
229
Early Texas Newspapers
122
World War Two Collection
122
44 More
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The Daily Tribune
4,944
Palacios Beacon
3,922
The Matagorda County Tribune
1,054
Independence Heritage Region
198
The Matagorda Gazette
144
7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
101
2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
85
1990 Census County Block Map
80
2010 Census County Block Map
78
2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
76
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South Of Palacios Point 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:
1989
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Decros Point 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:
1989
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Port O'Connor 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:
1989
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Southeast 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:
1952
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Point 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:
1952
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carancahua Pass 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:
1980
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios Northeast 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palacios 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turtle Bay 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blessing Southeast 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blessing 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Francitas 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Markham 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midfield 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Francitas Northeast 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:
1995
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Matagorda County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Matagorda County, Texas.
Date:
2001
Creator:
United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Soil Map, Matagorda County, Texas
Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, power transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols. Scale 1:380,160
Date:
2001
Creator:
United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alleyton, Texas: Back Door to the Confederacy
This book contains the history of Alleyton, Texas, which is located in Colorado County. The book includes information about the Alley family, the founding of Alleyton, reminiscences and recollections, as well as the establishment of railroads, local businesses, schools, and churches.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Harrison, William H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Shrinker to Dragster
Collection of Texas, Jamaican and Irish folklore, including stories about drag racing, treasure hunting, frontier preachers, Irish storytellers, mock bidding in Jamaica, and more. The index begins on page 247.
Date:
1968
Creator:
Hudson, Wilson M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Building in Bay City]
Photograph of a building in Bay City, Texas. It is a brick building with a covered porch and three windows along the side. There are trees around the building. According to the information on the back, the photograph was taken in 1935.
Date:
1935
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Guadalupe Zepeda and Alberto Esparza]
Photograph of Guadalupe Zepeda and Alberto Esparza in front of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Texas. The name of the church, in Spanish, is partially visible above the entrance. The church is a brick building with a covered porch and a fence in front. The two men are standing in front of the fence. Their names are listed on the back along with the city and year, 1935. The men are called "ancianos" on the back.
Date:
1935
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bay City Mexican Presbyterian Church and some members]
Photograph of some of the members of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in Bay City, Texas. There are men, women, and children in the picture. They are posing in front of the entrance to the church. The church is a brick building with a covered front porch, and the sign above the entrance says "Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana." There is a fence in front of the church. According to the information on the back of the photograph, it was taken on December 27, 1937.
Date:
December 27, 1937
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Bay City Mexican Church members]
Photograph of a group of Bay City Mexican Church members. The group includes men, women, and children. Two of the little girls on the front row are holding baby dolls. They are posing in front of the church. According to the information on the back, the photograph was taken on December 27, 1936. The name Esparza is written on the back, but it is not clear whether or not this person is in the photograph.
Date:
December 27, 1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Members and children of the Bay City Mexican Church]
Photograph of a group of members and children of the Bay City Mexican Church. The group is posing in front of the church, and two of the little girls in front are holding baby dolls. The name of the church, in Spanish, is partly visible on the sign above the entrance. According to the information on the back of the photograph, it was taken on December 27, 1936.
Date:
December 27, 1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History