General Highway Map Williamson County Texas

Highway map of Williamson County, Texas, showing rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, cities, towns, outlying buildings (including schools, churches, and post offices), roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, railroads, cemeteries, oil fields, utility lines, and petroleum pipelines. Map includes seven inset maps - Schwertner, Bartlett, Granger, Jonah, Coupland, Hutto, and Thrall - a key to counties and key to sheets diagrams, and an extensive legend indicating geographical and human-made features. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1963
Creator: Texas. Highway Department. Planning Survey Division.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Geological Survey of Texas

Geological map of mountain peaks in Lampasas and Williamson Counties, showing the different lays of rock (e.g. limestone, clay, chalk). Scale [ca. 1:3,600] (300 feet to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Williamson County

Blue line print of survey map of Williamson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red ink to identify Old Military Road from a 1896 Bell County map, a road from Austin, Texas, to Nashville, Tennessee, and a road from Hamilton, Texas, to Austin, Texas. Scale [ca. 1:246,154] (6000 varas to 13/16 of an inch).
Date: 1888
Creator: Pressler, Herman & Anthony, P. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Cretaceous Area North of the Colorado River

Geologic map of a portion of South Texas, showing Cretaceous rocks divided into two sequences - lower Cretaceous series and upper Cretaceous series. Shows also Tertiary and Paleozoic rocks. The map also includes county lines, cities and towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Date: unknown
Creator: Taff, J. A.; Leverett, S. & Dumble, Edwin Theodore
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Williamson County, Texas

Highway map of Williamson County, Texas, showing rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, cities, towns, outlying buildings (including schools, churches, and post offices), roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, railroads, cemeteries, oil fields, utility lines, and petroleum pipelines. Map includes six inset maps - Florence, Liberty Hill, Jarrell, Weir, Leander, and Cedar Park - and a key to sheets diagram in the lower-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Williamson County

Blueline format of survey map of Williamson County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. No scale information is given.
Date: 1856
Creator: Martin, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Oscar A. Ullrich to T. N. Carswell - March 20, 1942]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman 24th Senatorial District Drys, from Oscar A. Ullrich, Dean of Faculty, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, dated March 20, 1942. Ullrich advises Carswell of the letter from Carswell to President John W. Bergin having been referred to him and that there are no separate courses offered on the effects of alcohol.
Date: March 20, 1942
Creator: Ullrich, Oscar A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Conveyance of Land from Sayles to Campbell and Bland] (open access)

[Conveyance of Land from Sayles to Campbell and Bland]

Legal document outlining a piece of land that Mary E. Sayles intends to convey over to W. T. Campbell and Howard Bland.
Date: May 15, 1902
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"]

Magazine clipping containing letters from John Mounce and Chaplin Robert Deming about Veteran's Day celebrations and dedications. Editor's notes about the next issue's content are highlighted.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Mounce, John & Deming, Robert T.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1948-1949 (open access)

Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1948-1949

Publication consists of Section I--a general information bulletin for Southwestern University, and Section V--specific information about Daniel Baker College and its faculty and courses.
Date: June 1949
Creator: Southwestern University (Georgetown, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1947-1948 (open access)

Catalogue of Daniel Baker College, 1947-1948

Publication consists of Section I--a general information bulletin for Southwestern University, Section VI--specific information about Daniel Baker College and its faculty and courses, and Section VII--aviation instruction available in all colleges of the university.
Date: June 1948
Creator: Southwestern University (Georgetown, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to David K. Switzer, February 24, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to David K. Switzer, February 24, 1959]

Letter from Truett Latimer to David K. Switzer commending him for the introduction of House Bill 291.
Date: February 24, 1959
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer, March 22, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer, March 22, 1961]

Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer; He suggests possible venues for their upcoming meeting.
Date: March 22, 1961
Creator: Vaughan, Dick
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer, November 9, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer, November 9, 1960]

Letter from Dick Vaughan to Truett Latimer discussing a progress report on the study of the Texas Game & Fish Commission. He also encloses an article from the Houston Chronicle by Bob Brister.
Date: November 9, 1960
Creator: Vaughan, Dick
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History