Bastrop County

Blue line print of survey map of Bastrop County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, the Old San Antonio Road, and railroads. Hand drawn lines have been added to the published map in pencil and red ink. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1917
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Wicker, George T.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caldwell and Surrounding Counties: Texas]

Road map of portions of Blanco, Hays, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Fayette, Washington, Colorado, Lavaca, and Gonzales Counties, showing towns, roads, railroads, mountains, post offices, rivers, creek, and springs. No scale information given.
Date: unknown
Creator: Luer, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Highway Map Bastrop County, Texas

Highway map of Bastrop County, Texas, showing rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, cities, towns, outlying buildings (including schools, churches, and post offices), roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, cemeteries, oil fields, utility lines, petroleum pipelines, mines or quarries, railroads, ranches, state parks, military bases, a federal prison, and airports. Map includes five inset maps in the upper-right corner (Cedar Creek, Red Rock, McDade, Rosanky, and Page), a key to counties diagram, and a legend in the lower-left corner. A handwritten note has been made on the front of the map in pencil about the Old San Antonio Road survey lines. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (appropriately 2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1967
Creator: Texas. Highway Department. Planning Survey Division.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie] (open access)

[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie]

Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.
Date: July 6, 1847
Creator: Matthews, James H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer, February 4, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer, February 4, 1953]

Letter from O. B. Ellis to Truett Latimer discussing a visit of the Penitentiaries Committee to several Texas prison to observe what has been done with state funding.
Date: February 4, 1953
Creator: Ellis, O. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

McClellan Inn

Postcard featuring the McClellan Inn in Elgin, Texas. The building has two main floors with an open porch and balcony. Several people can be seen standing on or beside the porch.
Date: 1912~
Creator: Smith Photo
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photocopied WASP Portraits] (open access)

[Photocopied WASP Portraits]

Photocopy of a page containing six Women Airforce Service Pilot portraits, all dressed in leather flight jackets with Fifinella patches. The women are Grace Putnam, Mary Ruth Rance, Virginia Raymond, Velma Saunders, Betty Scantland, and Martha Smith.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Ethel to Mrs. Woodward, 1911]

Postcard of the McClellan Inn in Elgin, Texas. Men in boater hats can be seen walking in front of the two-story building. Side buildings and a water tower can be seen in the background to the right. The reverse side of the postcard contains a message that says, "Heather so unsettled. Don't meet me. I will come [...] other time. Lots of love to you both. Ethel."
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History