Historic Bridge Programmatic Section 4(f) Guidelines and Standards of Uniformity (open access)

Historic Bridge Programmatic Section 4(f) Guidelines and Standards of Uniformity

Technical report outlining the guidelines and standards of uniformity for the Historic Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation documents. The guidelines provide the Texas Department of Transportation with recommendations on gathering technical and engineering information for establishing a project's purpose and need as well as sufficient justification for the alternatives considered and measures to minimize harm. The standards of uniformity outlines the information, graphics, maps, and photographs required for evaluations.
Date: April 2009
Creator: Ficker, Maryellen & Goodson, Heather
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type: Book
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
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas General Aviation (open access)

Texas General Aviation

Report on historic value of general aviation facilities currently included in the TxDOT Aviation Division (AVN) statewide airport system.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Newlan, Ralph
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Texas Ranching (open access)

South Texas Ranching

Report on historic ranches located along route of a proposed segment of IH 69 / Trans Texas Corridor.
Date: April 2007
Creator: Moore, David; Freeman, Martha & Wuellner, Margarita
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Historic Bridges in Texas (open access)

A Guide to the Research and Documentation of Historic Bridges in Texas

Report discussing historic Texas bridges including a brief history of roads and bridges in the state of Texas, a guide for conducting related research, an overview of bridge types, some resources, a list of bridges in the National Register of Historic Places, and a glossary of terms for features and conditions of bridges, engineering, and other related vocabulary.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Knight, Lila
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Book
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
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History