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The Elm Grove Dairy farm (open access)

The Elm Grove Dairy farm

Pamphlet printed by the owner of the dairy when he was trying to sell it. Notes the improvements on the dairy, price per various acreage, buildings, and terms of sale.
Date: January 15, 1904
Creator: Ladell, A. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reminiscences of an ex-Confederate soldier : or, Forty years on crutches (open access)

Reminiscences of an ex-Confederate soldier : or, Forty years on crutches

A narrative of a soldier's experiences in the Civil War. T.H. Bowman was a soldier in Company A, William Wirt Adams's regiment of Mississippi Cavalry. He fought in Kentucky and Tennessee, and later settled in Texas.
Date: 1904
Creator: Bowman, T. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deserted Log Cabin]

Photograph of the exterior of a deserted log cabin.
Date: February 22, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building taken from the southwest.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas Old Main Building, front exterior]

Photograph of University of Texas Old Main Building looking north, possibly up University Avenue, toward Old Main, with Women's Building and Chemistry Building on either side of Old Main. The road is unpaved and the trees are bare.
Date: [1904..1908]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas (open access)

The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas

Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Dinner at _____ (open access)

A Dinner at _____

Short story set in New York.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Door of Unrest (open access)

The Door of Unrest

Short story about a newspaper editor.
Date: May 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holding up a Train (open access)

Holding up a Train

Short story about holding up a train. A preface by O. Henry says "The man who told me these things was for several years an outlaw in the Southwest...I give the story in almost exactly his own words."
Date: April 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Tempered Wind (open access)

A Tempered Wind

Short story about a grafter named Buckingham Skinner.
Date: August 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ransom of Mack (open access)

The Ransom of Mack

Short story about two hustlers.
Date: December 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Enchanted Kiss (open access)

The Enchanted Kiss

Short story set in San Antonio
Date: February 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Emancipation of Billy (open access)

The Emancipation of Billy

Short story set in the southern United States.
Date: May 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two Renegades (open access)

Two Renegades

A man recounts a story from his visit to Panama.
Date: August 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hearts and Crosses (open access)

Hearts and Crosses

Short story set in Texas.
Date: December 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hypothesis of Failure (open access)

The Hypothesis of Failure

A short story set in a lawyer's office.
Date: January 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabbages and Kings (open access)

Cabbages and Kings

This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date: 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History