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Spoons : World's Columbian Expostion, Chicago, 1893

A group of 6 spoons from the 1893 Chicago "World's Columbian Exposition" world's fair. Silverplated souvenir teaspoons, each with scrolling forms on handle. Bowl of each spoon is engraved with a view of a different building from the exposition: U.S. Government Building; Horticultural Building; Mines and Mining Building; Machinery Hall; Transportation Building; Manufacturers & Liberal Arts [Building].
Date: 1893
Creator: Leonard Manufacturing Company
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
Life of General Houston, 1793-1863 (open access)

Life of General Houston, 1793-1863

Biography of Sam Houston.
Date: 1891
Creator: Bruce, Henry
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

The M K and T : Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.

Map showing location of railway through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Adjoining states also shown. Counties, cities, towns and rivers included. Back of map has text describing the state of Texas and its counties including cultural, industrial, agricultural and geographical highlights. Schedule of train service is included.
Date: 1892~
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]

Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.
Date: 1891
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Ranges of the Southwest (open access)

Cattle Ranges of the Southwest

This book contains information about the use and condition of Texas pastures contemporary with the book. It also gives information about the obstacles in the way of renewing the cattle ranges and how the cattle ranges could possibly be renewed.
Date: 1898
Creator: Bentley, Henry Lewis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

Hand drawn map showing counties, cities, roads, rivers and creeks in Texas circa 1893.
Date: 1893
Creator: Wm. M. Bradley & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, New Mexico & Indian Territory: with environs of Chicago & New Orleans

Color map of Texas, New Mexico and Indian Territory circa 1890. Includes insets of the Environs of Chicago and the Environs of New Orleans.
Date: 1890
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892.  Volume 1. (open access)

History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892. Volume 1.

Volume one of a two-volume set, covers Texas history from colonial times to Texas's fight for independence from Mexico.
Date: 1892
Creator: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892.  Volume 2. (open access)

History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892. Volume 2.

Volume two of a two-volume set, covers Texas history from the time of Texas's fight for independence from Mexico through the gubernatorial administation of James S. Hogg in 1892.
Date: 1893
Creator: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination (open access)

A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination

Texas history textbook
Date: 1895
Creator: Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (open access)

History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties.

Book containing a brief overview of the state of Texas and more specific focus on six specific counties, with extensive biographical sketches about persons related to the history of those places. An alphabetical index of persons who are included follows the table of contents at the front of the book.
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History