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The Laws of Texas, 1929 [Volume 26] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1929 [Volume 26]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1929
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Official Paved Road and Commercial Survey of the United States (open access)

Official Paved Road and Commercial Survey of the United States

Road atlas of the United States illustrating paved roads with details of major cities followed by full page color maps of each state. Also includes a postal airway map, a highway mileage chart, logs of transcontinental federal highways, a transcontinental highway map, population information for U. S. cities based on the latest federal census data, and a descriptive gazetteer of states and territories.
Date: 1929
Creator: National Map Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 1

Volume 1 covers the history of Oklahoma from prehistoric times to the 1880's with special emphasis on Native Americans and the use of Oklahoma as the Indian territory. Also includes information on geography and natural features.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 2 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 2

Volume 2 covers the history of Oklahoma from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. Includes information on railways, the cattle industry, the opening of Oklahoma lands and the push for statehood.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 3 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 3

Volume 3 gives biographies of prominent Oklahomans.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 4 (open access)

Oklahoma, a history of the state and its people, v. 4

Volume 4 gives biographies of prominent Oklahomans.
Date: 1929
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B. (Joseph Bradfield), 1866-1941 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume,  Volume 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1922: In Two Volumes and a Supplemental Volume, Volume 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers for 1922, "belonging to the years 1828-1834," published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. It includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "the documents here published continue...to shed much light on the conditions and motives which led to emigration from the United States to Texas" (p. vii). Index starts on page 1177.
Date: 1928
Creator: American Historical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Woman's Reminiscences of Six Years in Camp with the Texas Rangers (open access)

A Woman's Reminiscences of Six Years in Camp with the Texas Rangers

Memoir written by Lou (Conway) Roberts about the first years of her marriage to D. W. Roberts, a captain in the Texas Rangers and their life at a camp in Menard, Texas.
Date: 1928?
Creator: Roberts, D. W. (Dan W.), Mrs.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apunte Histórico de los Chinos en Cuba (open access)

Apunte Histórico de los Chinos en Cuba

Book describing the history of Chinese people living in Cuba.
Date: 1927
Creator: Latour, Antonio Chuffat
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1927
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3 (open access)

The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3

This text contains the third portion of the Austin Papers, which are documents covering October, 1834 to January, 1837. According to the preface, the documents include, "business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. iii). Index starts on page 489.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1926 [Volume 24]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1926
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel (open access)

The Story of Buffalo Bayou and the Houston Ship Channel

This booklet gives an overview of the history of Buffalo Bayou and of the Houston Ship Channel from 1820-1926. The text gives background on how the area became developed and eventually became an "Industrial Waterway of National importance" (p. [3]). The second half of the text focuses on Commodore Charles Morgan and the shipping aspect of the Channel. Costs of building, lists of important council members, and text of letters are included to illustrate the history.
Date: 1926
Creator: Farrar, R. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Victorian Photographs of Famous Men & Fair Women (open access)

Victorian Photographs of Famous Men & Fair Women

Book containing a series of photographs of famous individuals from Great Britain in the nineteenth century. Includes biographical information about the photographer.
Date: 1926
Creator: Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biography of Private Alfonso Steele (Deceased) Last Survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, Together with Mr. Steele's Account of the Campaign and Fight, and the Official Report of General Sam Houston, With Complete Roster of the Commands Composing the Little Army. (open access)

Biography of Private Alfonso Steele (Deceased) Last Survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, Together with Mr. Steele's Account of the Campaign and Fight, and the Official Report of General Sam Houston, With Complete Roster of the Commands Composing the Little Army.

This book is separated into three basic sections starting with an autobiographical sketch about Alfonso Steele, the last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto. Next, an article by the editor of The Mexia Daily News that gives an overview of Steele's children and grandchildren. Finally, the report from General Houston includes "documents of Major General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texas army, sent to David G. Burnett, President of the Republic of Texas" which "give an authentic account of the battle of San Jacinto, a complete list of the heroes who fought in that engagement, and they clear up some points heretofore the object of controversy" (p. 13).
Date: 1925~
Creator: Steele, Alfonso
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1923-1925 [Volume 22]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1925
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23] (open access)

The Laws of Texas, 1925 [Volume 23]

Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date: 1925
Creator: Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas as it is today (open access)

Texas as it is today

A book describing life in Texas around the year 1925. The book talks about many cities in Texas as well as interesting facts about Texas. The author wrote the book in an attempt to defeat internal and external stereotypes about Texas.
Date: 1925
Creator: Menn, Alfred E
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of McKinney and Collin County (open access)

History of McKinney and Collin County

This pamphlet gives an overview of the history of Collin County including important people, agricultural geography, and economic aspects.
Date: May 1, 1924
Creator: Wilson, Walter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 1 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 1

This text contains the first portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. This volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v).
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes,  Volume 2, Part 2 (open access)

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1919: In Two Volumes, Volume 2, Part 2

This text contains the second portion of the Austin Papers, published as part of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association. The previous volume includes a preface by the editor with a general history of the Austin Papers and states, "The Austin Papers are the collection of materials accumulated by Moses and Stephen F. Austin in the progress of their busy enterprises from Virginia through Missouri and Arkansas to Texas. They consist of business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. v). Index starts on page 1803.
Date: 1924
Creator: American Historical Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men. (open access)

Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men.

A narrative by J. Frank Norfleet about a few of his experiences as a Texas rancher.
Date: 1924
Creator: Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-
System: The Portal to Texas History
East Texas. (open access)

East Texas.

This book was created to provide "authentic information concerning the natural and co-operative resources and opportunities offered by East Texas and her people" for the general public. It contains information about the "General Development in 1921-22, The Evolution of transportation and Fixing of Lower Rate Levels, The Marketing Problem Nearing Solution, Organization, Concentration and Standardization of Quality; Pack and Grade, Co-Operative Work of A. & M. College Department of Extension Service; State Agricultural Department; Markets and Warehouses Department; [and the] Chamber of Commerce in East Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 1923
Creator: East Texas Chamber of Commerce.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speeches delivered by Pat M. Neff, Governor of Texas, discussing certain phases of contemplated legislation (open access)

Speeches delivered by Pat M. Neff, Governor of Texas, discussing certain phases of contemplated legislation

This book contains a collection of speeches delivered by Governor Pat M. Neff. The subjects of those speeches include: the Constitutional Convention, the supremacy of the law, the educational system of Texas, the penitentiary system of Texas, building highways, industrial development, revision of tax laws, conservation, and reclamation. Also includes the inaugural address.
Date: 1923
Creator: Neff, Pat M.
System: The Portal to Texas History