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

[Portrait of Neal Wright at Home]

Photograph of Neal Wright outside of his home in Gilmer, Texas. He is wearing overalls and has his hands on his hips. A child is kneeling behind a bush to the right. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph say: "Geo. Wright," "Neal Wright taken 1919 at Home, Gilmer, Texas," and "Son of Rober Washington Wright & Arcanie Gober, Mathias Neil Wright."
Date: 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History