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Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes.

Map shows major roads, canals, cities and towns, for the eastern United States, the Arkansas, Missouri, and Wisconsin territories, and a portion of east Texas during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes "explanation." Scale [ca. 1:4,942,080]. Insets: "Vicinity of Cincinnati," "Vicinity of Albany," "Vicinity of New Orleans," "Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara," "Vicinity of Boston," "Vicinity of New York," "Vicinity of Philadelphia," "Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington," and "Vicinity of Charleston."
Date: 1836
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, July 30, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, July 30, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, on July 30, 1836, discussing his intention to raise volunteers for the Texas Revolution and to move to the Zavala Colony soon.
Date: July 30, 1836
Creator: Fisher, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, August 18, 1837] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry, August 18, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George L. Hammeken to James F. Perry concerning his travel plans and giving an update about Santa Anna's actions in Mexico.
Date: August 18, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, July 6, 1838] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, July 6, 1838]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas J. Pilgrim to James Perry, on July 6, 1838, discussing a school for Perry's son Stephen in Steubenville, Ohio. Pilgrim also discusses what he did for the Fourth of July.
Date: July 6, 1838
Creator: Pilgrim, Thomas J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Mary Ann Ellis to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, November 15, 1838] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Mary Ann Ellis to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, November 15, 1838]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Ann Ellis to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry discussing her attempt to visit Perry's children in Pittsburgh and giving updates on other family.
Date: November 15, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad: Connecting the cities of Cincinnati & St. Louis, exhibiting the principal tributary lines, also the railways uniting the eastern terminus with Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore.

Map shows existent mid-nineteenth century Ohio and Mississippi Railroad railway routes in the northeast and upper mid-western United States. Scale not given.
Date: [1853..1855]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Allegheny Valley Rail Road and connections accompanying report February 1854

Map shows railroad routes across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. Scale not given.
Date: 1854
Creator: Schuchman, William, b. 1823 or 4.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The American Central Rail Way.

Map shows the mid-nineteenth century American Central rail lines stretching from the middle of North American to Nebraska and Kansas territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,600,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: Sylvester, J. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Verein-Staaten von Nord-America : mit Ausnahme Florida's und der westlichen territorien.

Map shows states, cities and towns, canals, railroads, major roads, and areas of Native American habitation in the eastern half of the United States and upper Florida to the western territories. Includes legend and notes. Inset: "Südl. Haupt-Theil von Texas." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,350,000].
Date: 1865
Creator: Stülpnagel, F. von
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rail road map of the eastern portion of the United States: showing the principal connecting lines.

Map shows company names for westernmost existing and proposed railroad routes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:10,454,400].
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the great Air Line route : Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections.

Map shows major cities and towns, military posts, state and territory boundaries, and railroad companies and existing and proposed rail routes across eastern half of the continental United States; Dakota and Indian Territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1878
Creator: Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company (1867-1893)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittsburgh and Allegheny City.

Map shows late nineteenth century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area street names, city limits, steam and horse railroads, bridges, parks, cemeteries, and neighborhoods. Some Cincinnati buildings are also shown. Scale not given.
Date: [1885..1905]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pittsburgh and Allegheny City.

Map shows late nineteenth century Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area street names, city limits, steam and horse railroads, bridges, parks, cemeteries, and neighborhoods. Some Cincinnati buildings are also shown. Scale not given.
Date: [1885..1905]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad and connections.

Map shows existing and proposed railroad lines for region from Minneapolis to Boston, centered on Lower Peninsula, Mich., as far south as St. Louis, Louisville, Ky., and Norfolk, Va., and as far north as Duluth and Quebec. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given
Date: [1888..1908]
Creator: Matthews-Northrup Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

General topographical map Sheet V.: [parts of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia].

Map shows roads, railroads, cities, towns, and settlements for portions of the majority of Ohio and West Virginia and portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kentucky. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stratigraphy of the Bitmuninous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia (open access)

Stratigraphy of the Bitmuninous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia

From introduction: This report deals with the Middle and Upper Carboniferous System.
Date: 1891
Creator: White, Israel C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry (open access)

The Coke Industry of the United States as Related to the Foundry

From Introduction: "The present bulletin, published by the Bureau of Mines because of the analyzing and testing of fuels have been transferred from the Geographical Survey to the Bureau of Mines, briefly reviews the status of the coke industry, some features of practice in the use of coke in the foundry, the probable happenings of a cupola heat, and the reasons for modifying charging practice so that a particular coke can be used to best advantage."
Date: 1910
Creator: Moldenke, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats (open access)

Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats

Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date: 1910
Creator: Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries (open access)

Coal-Mine Accidents in the United States and Foreign Countries

From Introduction: "The lack of comparable and accurate statistics of coal-mine accidents in the united States as a whole led the Bureau of Mines in 1911 to undertake the collection of such data. The mining departments of the leading foreign coal-producing countries have long taken cognizance of the importance of statistics. The bureau feels that in presenting the tables embodied in this report it is offering the and comparable statistics of coal-min accidents for the country as a whole that have ever been published."
Date: 1913
Creator: Horton, Frederick W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions (open access)

Oil and Gas Wells through Workable Coal Beds: Papers and Discussions

From Preface: "In carrying out such a policy with reference to the subject under consideration, the Bureau of Mines invited the State geologists, mine inspectors, and a number of coal operators and oil and gas well drillers from the States interested to meet representatives of the Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh, Pa., for a discussion of the subject during February 7 and February 8, 1913. This adjourned meeting of the conference will be held at an early date and its report will be printed in a later edition of this bulletin, with such additional suggestions as may be received by the Bureau of Mines. The bureau will be glad, therefore, to receive at the earliest practicable date any additional suggestions or any additional information throwing light on the matters discussed in this bulletin."
Date: 1913
Creator: Rice, George S. & Hood, O. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library