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[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to D. W. Kempner, October 19, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to D. W. Kempner, October 19, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing how everyone is running into a scarcity recently of workers and it is affecting their businesses.
Date: October 19, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texian Stomping Grounds (open access)

Texian Stomping Grounds

Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texian Stomping Grounds (open access)

Texian Stomping Grounds

Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 1941
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner, September 18, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from W. L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner, September 18, 1948]

Letter from W. L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner discussing the current climate of the ginning of cotton down in Arkansas, and how they recently bought two new tractors.
Date: September 18, 1948
Creator: Gatz, William L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North

Map showing "Trammel's Trace," the first road from the north (present-day Arkansas) into Texas, used around 1800. It includes notations for abandoned settlements, modern cities, and Caddo villages documented from 1800 to 1840, as well as other historic roads used at the time of Trammel's Trace.
Date: 2015
Creator: Pinkerton, Gary
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History