Masonic Record in Connection with Greenwood Masonic Institute (open access)

Masonic Record in Connection with Greenwood Masonic Institute

Report containing excerpts from the Round Rock masonic Lodge Number 227's records concerning Greenwood Masonic Institute, a school that started in 1866, and whether or not the Round Rock Institute succeeded the Greenwood Institute.
Date: July 25, 1936
Creator: Nelson, T. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
2 Women Who Saw Sam Bass Shot See Desperado In Wax (open access)

2 Women Who Saw Sam Bass Shot See Desperado In Wax

Interviews with Mrs. Matilda Swenson Mayfield and Mrs. Justine Swenson James who saw the outlaw Sam Bass shot in Round Rock , Texas on July 19, 1878.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Reunion Round Rock Institute Students. (open access)

First Reunion Round Rock Institute Students.

Paper documenting a reunion of former Round Rock Institute students that took place on Sunday, July 12, 1931. A list of attendees can be seen starting on page 4. Pencil notes and corrections made by an unknown person can be seen on several pages.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
True Story of Sam Bass the Outlaw (open access)

True Story of Sam Bass the Outlaw

Small booklet published for the Sam Bass Cafe that includes lyrics to the Sam Bass Song, a biographic retelling of the Sam Bass Story, and a brief description f Round Rock, Texas. Part of the booklet appears to be from a letter, and an the author and publisher of the booklet are unknown, although the author claims to be the child of Captain Jack McCulloch of the Texas Rangers. He or she also refers to Benjamin McCulloch, a Texas Ranger and later Confederate war general killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, as Uncle Ben.
Date: [1937..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History