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A Field Guide to Irrigation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (open access)

A Field Guide to Irrigation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

A field guide to irrigation in the lower Rio Grande Valley containing information about all the districts in the lower Rio Grande Valley, as collected by Lila Knight and her associates from experts in the field and government documents.
Date: 2009
Creator: Knight, Lila
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adobe in Texas (open access)

Adobe in Texas

This report is based on research in West Texas to serve as a field guide to identify, document, and evaluate historic-age adobe buildings in the state. It provides a description of historic context, a narrative of common building types, a framework for evaluating the significance of adobe buildings, a list of resources, and a step-by-step guide to conducting field research.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Newlan, Ralph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas (open access)

A Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas

This field guide is organized as an easy reference book to gas stations in Texas, addressing the history and development of gas stations and oil companies operating in Texas and discussing registration requirements for gas stations.
Date: October 2003
Creator: Jones, W. Dwayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Landscape Development Along US 277 (open access)

Agricultural Landscape Development Along US 277

The project area includes parts of seven counties in the North-Central Plains region of Texas--Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Jaskell, Jones, and Taylor--and stretches along approximately 150 miles of U.S. Highway 277.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Freeman, Martha Doty
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Field Guide to Industrial Properties in Texas (open access)

A Field Guide to Industrial Properties in Texas

A field guide to industrial properties in Texas, this publication is useful in identifying types of historic properties in communities across Texas.
Date: 2003
Creator: Dase, Amy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History