Official Railroad and County Map of Texas

Pocket map of Texas and the surrounding areas with railroads marked in color. Geographic features are noted, as well as counties and some cities.
Date: 1910
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book] (open access)

[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book]

Record book for Washington Lodge No. 18 from circa 1854.
Date: 1854-06-22~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Postcard

One of three postcards depicting Sam Houston's homes, and monument to Houston; house depicted called Steamboat House
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Postcard

One of three postcards depicting Sam Houston's homes, and monument to Houston; monument depicted is in Huntsville, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Court record, map of San Antonio River area

Sam S. Smith, clerk, certifies that tract of land along San Antonio River is correctly surveyed, platted and recorded; map included with an area shown as the ‘Town Tract’
Date: October 18, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bob Dean: A Texas Story (open access)

Bob Dean: A Texas Story

Front and back covers of "Bob Dean : A Texas Story." The back cover contains advertisements.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hood, Emma Nelson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruins of Missea

Photo taken by tourists with, "Ruins of Missea, Oaxaca, Mexico" penciled on back
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Deer Drive in the Texas 'Cross-Timber"

Hand-colored engraving of hunters, horses, dogs, and deer in Texas forest
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
Along the Rio Grande. (open access)

Along the Rio Grande.

This article from a Harper's Weekly supplement discusses features around the Rio Grande River in the United States and Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1889
Creator: Hinton, Richard J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Brownsville, Texas, Occupied by the Army under General Banks, November 1863", in Frank Leslie's, "The Soldier In Our Civil War" (1893)

Engraved print of supplies stacked on wharf at Brownsville, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

Postcard

One of three postcards depicting Sam Houston's homes, and monument to Houston; house depicted in Huntsville, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Navasota's First Annual State Bluebonnet Festival" (open access)

"Navasota's First Annual State Bluebonnet Festival"

Program for bluebonnet festival
Date: April 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program (open access)

Program

Program for Texas Centennial Central Exposition, Nov. 14, 1936; Schedule of events that were held in Dallas
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Speech of Mr. Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, on the Subject of the Tariff."

Speech delivered at the U.S. House of Representatives, April 20, 1844.
Date: April 20, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington, Texas

One of two photographs of the town of Washington, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Edw. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, in Defense of the Tariff of 1842, and the Protective Policy and American Labor" (open access)

"Speech of Edw. Joy Morris, of Pennsylvania, in Defense of the Tariff of 1842, and the Protective Policy and American Labor"

Government document concerning speech of Edw. Joy Morris; U.S. House, April 24, 1844
Date: April 24, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Choate of Massachusetts, Upon the Subject of Protecting American Labor, by Duties on Imports" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Choate of Massachusetts, Upon the Subject of Protecting American Labor, by Duties on Imports"

Government document concerning speech of Mr. Choate delivered on 4/12/1844 and 4/15/1844
Date: April 15, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Jas. Pollock of Pennsylvania, in Defence of the Tariff of 1842" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Jas. Pollock of Pennsylvania, in Defence of the Tariff of 1842"

Government document concerning speech of Mr. Jas. Pollock and tariffs
Date: April 1, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Alex Ramsey, of Penn., on the Tariff Bill" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Alex Ramsey, of Penn., on the Tariff Bill"

Government document concerning speech of Alex Ramsey on Tariffs on April 29, 1844
Date: April 29, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Where Texas' Declaration of Independence Dawned (open access)

Where Texas' Declaration of Independence Dawned

Reprint of article discussing the history of the Texas revolution and the work of the Historical Survey Committee to mark important historic buildings, sites, and gravestones.
Date: unknown
Creator: Stewart, Lloyd
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Correspondence with Texas, on the Subject of Annexation" (open access)

"Correspondence with Texas, on the Subject of Annexation"

Government document concerning the annexation of Texas; 29th Congress, 1st session, [1846]; At head: "Doc. No. 2. [Documents accompanying the President's message at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress.]"
Date: March 20, 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manuscript census (open access)

Manuscript census

Manuscript census by block and lot for Travis, Fannin and Ferry Streets; city not given
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pamphlet: Souvener Album of Houston, Texas.

Souvenir album of Houston, Texas; consists of drawings of different buildings in Houston
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land] (open access)

[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land]

Document describing the repayment of a loan to the Provisional Governement of Texas in land. Two loans were made to Texas via Branch T. Archer, William H. Wharton, and Stephen F. Austin for $250,000, and is being paid off in land scrip.
Date: April 1, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History