Decros Point Quandrangle: Texas

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing boundaries, water bodies, roads, and landmarks, including Matagorda Bay, Intracoastal Waterway, Matagorda Peninsula, Decros Point, Matagorda Club Airport, Matagorda Club, and the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown by contours and spot heights and includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Port O'Connor Quadrangle: Texas

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 5 feet) and spot heights and includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Long Island Quadrangle: Texas--Calhoun Co.

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing boundaries, mud flats, water bodies, roads, and landmarks, including Intracoastal Waterway, Shoalwater Bay, Long Island, Steamboat Pass, Steamboat Island, Espiritu Santo Bay, Josephine Reef, Vanderveer Island, South Pass, South Pass Island, First Chain of Islands, South Pass Lake, Contee Lake, Rahal Bayou, Pringle Lake, Long Lake, Pats Bay, Power Lake, Matagorda Island Bombing and Gunnery Range, Matagorda Island, and the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown by contours and spot heights and includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Panther Point Quadrangle: Texas--Calhoun Co.

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing boundaries, water bodies, roads, and landmarks, including San Antonio Bay, Panther Reef, Cedar Point, Cedar Lake, Twin Lakes, Panther Point, Panther Point Lake, Swan Lake, Cottonwood Bayou, Matagorda Island Bombing and Gunnery Range, Matagorda Island, and the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown by contours and spot heights and includes key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pass Cavallo SW Quadrangle: Texas--Calhoun Co.

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing boundaries, water bodies, roads, and landmarks, including Grass Island, Espiritu Santo Bay, Mule Slough, Farwell Island, Big Pocket, Lighthouse Cove, Fish Pond, Vanderveer Island, Pringle Lake, Matagorda Island, Matagorda Island Bombing and Gunnery Range, Matagorda Island Air Force Base, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Pass Cavallo, and the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown by contours and spot heights and includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-218 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-218

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether or not the Commissioners' Court of Calhoun County is subject to a requirement of a city ordinance for the payment of fees, charges or assessments for permits for the demolition of the old buildings and the construction of a new building.
Date: September 25, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Gene Gutierrez - 1952-01-30] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Herrera to Gene Gutierrez - 1952-01-30]

Onionskin paper carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera to Gene Gutierrez, R.T., Medical Department, Aluminum Company of America in Port Lavaca, Texas, dated January 30, 1952. The letter discusses details of the installation for the Palacios LULAC Council on February 3, 1952.
Date: January 30, 1952
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Gene Gutierrez to John J. Herrera - 1952-01-28] (open access)

[Letter from Gene Gutierrez to John J. Herrera - 1952-01-28]

Letter from Gene Gutierrez to John J. Herrera, National LULAC Organizer, dated January 28, 1952. Gutierrez informs Herrera of plans for the installation of the Palacios Junior and Ladies LULAC Councils on February 3, 1952.
Date: January 28, 1952
Creator: Gutierrez, Gene
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Reyna to John J. Herrera - 1953-02-11] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond Reyna to John J. Herrera - 1953-02-11]

Letter from Raymond Reyna of Victoria, Texas to John J. Herrera, dated February 11, 1953. Reyna asks for an appointment to discuss the case of Manuel Perez, who was charged with a murder in Port Lavaca.
Date: February 11, 1953
Creator: Reyna, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Marker at Indianola, Texas]

Photograph of a historic marker in Indianola, Texas which served as an entry port for German immigrants in the mid 19th century. The marker is made of stone and is surrounded by bluebonnets and other miscellaneous foliage.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins in the Water at Indianola, Texas]

Photograph of ruins of an old building in the water at Indianola, Texas, once serving as an entry port for German immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century. The ruins are located on a strip of land surrounded by water.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tivoli Southeast Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1952
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Keller Bay Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1951
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indianola Cemetery]

Photograph of the Indianola Cemetery in Calhoun County, Texas.
Date: October 25, 1958
Creator: Utley, Robert M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austwell Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mesquite Bay Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Olivia Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mosquito Point Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tivoli Southeast Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Port Lavaca East Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kamey Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Point Comfort Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Placedo Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decros Point Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History