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

Normal Building

North Texas Normal College, Normal Building, ca. 1896. Brick building and trees
Date: 1896~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First building on Texas Normal College and Teachers Training Institute

First building on Texas Normal College and Teachers Training Institute campus, located on corner of Hickory and Avenue B. Constructed 1891. Large brick building and trees
Date: 1891~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

President's home, North Texas Normal College, 1895-1901

Home of North Texas Normal College President Menter Bradley Terrill, 1895-1901. Wooden house and trees - snow covered
Date: [1895..1901]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Students, North Texas Normal College

North Texas Normal College, students, 1896. Students sitting and standing in front of a brick building.
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Student body, 1895

Student body, 1895, North Texas Normal College. Students standing in front of a brick building.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Students and President Kendall

North Texas Normal College, Students and President Kendall, 1894. Individuals in suits and dress seated and standing in a room.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Students and President Terrill

North Texas State Normal College, students and President Terrill, 1899. Individuals standing and sitting for a photo
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

College orchestra, 1898

North Texas Normal College, college orchestra, 1898, President Terrill, left, back row. Men and women, seated and standing, holding stringed musical instruments.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

John Jackson Crumley

John Jackson Crumley, President of North Texas Normal College, 1893-1894. Man in suit
Date: [1893..1894]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Menter B. Terrill

Menter B. Terrill, President of North Texas Normal College and North Texas State Normal College, 1894-1901. Man in suit
Date: [1894..1901]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Joshua Crittenden Chilton

Joshua Crittenden Chilton, President of Texas Normal College and Teachers Training Institute, 1890-1893. Man in a suit.
Date: [1890..1893]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruby Chilton and friends

Texas Normal College and Teachers Training Institute, Ruby Chilton (far right) and friends, early 1890s, Ruby was daughter of first president, a student and supervised library. Three people seated in a horse drawn carriage.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[World's Columbian Exposition Calendar] (open access)

[World's Columbian Exposition Calendar]

Calendar covering from April 1893 to March 1894, illustrated with views of buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, with information on the New York Life Insurance Company. Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[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

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

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

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

[Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Commemorative Medal]

Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution commemorative medal shaped like a cross with the image of a solder in the middle.
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: George H. Ford Company
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Glass Axe

Clear glass axe or hatchet, made at the Libbey Glass Company display as a souvenir of the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. One side of blade with relief inscription "World's Fair / 1893"; other side of blade with relief portrait of George Washington, and inscription "The Father Of His Country". Handle with relief inscription near base: "Libbey Glass Co / Toledo, Ohio."
Date: 1896
Creator: Libbey Glass Company
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
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