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Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado (open access)

The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado

City of Fort Worth.; Texas Mikado. Fort Worth facts in footnote area of each page of text of play./ Subtitle on cover: The Texas Mikado./ Folded colored map inserted at front./ Advertising matter on leaves before and after numbered pages.
Date: 1888
Creator: Smith, Ed. J.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map showing the geographical location of Fort Worth, Tex. and Rail Roads]

Map accompanying the book, The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado. The map shows railroad lines all over the U.S.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Protractor

Three-arm brass protractor (a) with extensions for each arm, and mahogany case (b) with brass fittings; marked “English ca. 1880” on tag, and “TRADE MARK LONDON”
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for land in Grimes County (open access)

Deed for land in Grimes County

Deed for land in Grimes County, Ira M. Camp selling to Charles L. Miller
Date: December 3, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Game Animals

Front and back covers of a book titled "Game Animals" from the "Bird and Animal Series."
Date: 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Puss in Boots

Front and back covers of a book titled "Puss in Boots." from the "Little Folks Series."
Date: 1888
Creator: André, R.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Robin's Christmas Eve

Front and back covers of a book titled "The Robin's Christmas Eve." from the "Snowflake Series."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ali-Baba or the Forty Thieves

Front and back covers of a book titled "Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves." from the "Wonder-Story Series."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goody Two Shoes

Front and back covers of a book titled "Goody Two-Shoes."
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas (open access)

History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas

Front cover of a history about politics in the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1883
Creator: Middleton, John W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual of Subordinate Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, adopted and issued by the National Grange. (open access)

Manual of Subordinate Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry, adopted and issued by the National Grange.

Front cover and title page of the "Manual of Subordinate Granges."
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Eulogy on the Life and  Character of Dr. Ashbel Smith. (open access)

An Eulogy on the Life and Character of Dr. Ashbel Smith.

Front and back covers of a eulogy delivered at the Texas State University commencement. The back cover contains an advertisement for the Jefferson Iron News.
Date: 1886
Creator: Clopton, A. G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resources, Soil, And Climate of Texas (open access)

Resources, Soil, And Climate of Texas

Front and back covers of a pamphlet containing an analysis of the resources of Texas by county.
Date: 1882
Creator: Spaight, A. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Photo of Survivors of Battle of San Jacinto

Photograph of the Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto, at a meeting of the Texas Veterans' Association at Galveston c. 1880. Center row, third from left: Valentine Ignatius Burch of Tyler County, Texas. Center row, second from left: Valentine Burch. Front row, second from right: George Petty of Washington County. Center row, far right: John W. McHorse.
Date: 1880
Creator: Naschke
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Battle of Chancellorsville"

Lithograph of the Battle of Chancellorsville, which took place in Virginia on May 2-4, 1863.
Date: 1889
Creator: Kurz & Allison
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handbill announcing Garfield's death (open access)

Handbill announcing Garfield's death

Copy of the "Last Bulletin" announcing the death of President James Garfield, Sept. 19, 1881, 11:30 p.m., Elberon, N.J.
Date: September 19, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System (open access)

A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System

Front cover of a paper put out by the Texas Geological Survey.
Date: 1889
Creator: Texas Geological and Mineralogical Survey
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Alexander Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston] (open access)

[Telegram to Alexander Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Telegram to Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston; "Break the news gently to mother of Babys death funeral tomorrow answer if coming."
Date: May 21, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove, 1886] (open access)

[Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove, 1886]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove from the office of D.W. Bloombargh & Co., for $200.
Date: March 11, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1886] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1886]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards, 1888] (open access)

[Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards, 1888]

Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards by Governor Ross
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History