Trails made and routes used by the Fourth U.S. Cavalry: Under command of General R.S. MacKenzie in its operations against hostile Indians in Texas, Indian-Territory (now Oklahoma), New Mexico and Old Mexico during the period of 1871-2-3-4 and 5

Military map of the routes used by R.S. Mackenzie and his troops, including New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Mexico. The map shows routes, trails, railroads, roads, camps, old forts, other landmarks, battles with American Indians, and names and locations of American Indian tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Scale [ca. 1:1,405,436] (23.76 miles to the inch).
Date: 1927
Creator: Dorchester, E. D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative on Working with San Simon Company] (open access)

[Narrative on Working with San Simon Company]

Narrative from A. E. Deriquels describing the experience of working with men from the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company. The narrative is written on stationary of D. D. Parramore.
Date: March 1926
Creator: Deriquels, A. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sectional Map indicating main Automobile Roads between Canada and United States (Middle West Sheet).

Map of roadways in the Midwestern United States and southern portions of the Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario provinces of Canada. The map includes major towns and cities; bodies of water, including the Great Lakes; and boundaries. The map also includes an inset map of the four Canadian road map sheets in this series near the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:2,217,600] (35 miles to the inch).
Date: 1926
Creator: Canada. National Development Bureau.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K.K. Legett to Col. C.C. Compere - July 18, 1925] (open access)

[Letter from K.K. Legett to Col. C.C. Compere - July 18, 1925]

Letter written to Colonel C.C. Compere from K.K. Legett, speaking of his time in Estes Park, Colorado, and where he plans to travel next.
Date: July 18, 1925
Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

V. C. Perini, Jr. Standing in Snow with Horses; View of Mountain Town

Copy negative of two pictures. In the first, the person is standing in the snow to the left of some harnessed horses with a building and wagon on the left in the background and mountains in the distance. The second picture is of some buildings on a snowy hillside with trees and mountains in the background.
Date: [1925..1930]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Early 1920s Colorado

Copy negative of a bridge across a waterway with trees. There is a house in the background and mountains in the distance.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Early 1920s Mining Geology Team

Copy negative of a group of five men on a mining geology team with equipment on skis in a snowy forest.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Skiers in Colorado]

Copy negative of two men in ski gear, standing on a snowy mountain with trees in Colorado.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History