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Allenfarm Acala Cotton
This pamphlet describes the qualities of John D. Rogers' "Allenfarm Acala" with photos of the business.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Rogers, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annual Catalogue of Blinn Memorial College, Brenham, Texas, 1901 - 1902, Nineteenth Session.
Catalog listing the courses offered at Blinn Memorial College in 1901-1902, in both English and German. Includes photographs, illustrations, and advertisements in English and German.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Blinn College
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biographical sketch of General Mirabeau B. Lamar
Manuscript (reproduction) about Mirabeau B. Lamar, written by Edward Fontaine his personal secretary. Original manuscript dates from 1857.
Date:
1900
Creator:
Fontaine, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers
From the title page: "Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers. Some unwritten history and facts in the thrilling experiences of frontier life. The battle and death of Big Foot, the noted Kiowa chief. The mortally wounding and dying confession of "Old Jape." The Comanchie, the most noted and bloodthirsty savages that ever depredated on the frontier of Texas. By one of the Nine, a member of Company "E" Texas Rangers."
Date:
1906
Creator:
Maltby, William Jeff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chapters from life a tale of "our Baylor."
Stories about nine women who attended the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor.d
Date:
1901
Creator:
Cheaney, Winifred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Common Errors in Cotton Production
Pamphlet published by the U.S.D.A. about problems that cotton-growers may encounter and ways to avoid or fix them. Contents (from page 1): Mistakes that interfere with progress -- Causes of deterioration -- General measures of improvement: - Changing the method of buying cotton - Organizing 1-variety communities -- Some causes of inferior cotton: - Planting poor seed, Planting on price conjectures - Changing the seed - Planting too many varieties - Failure to test varieties - Misleading claims for varieties - Propagating hybrids - Planting unsuitable land - Planting too early - Thinning too early - Spacing too wide - Picking too late - Breeding weevils in the fall - Mixing seed at public gins - Ginning too close - Ginning too wet or too dry.
Date:
January 1932
Creator:
Cook, O. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas.
This booklet includes the text of an address by President Andrew Jackson to Congress regarding the independence of Texas as well as various letters written by Henry M. Morfit who went to Texas in order to report about the conditions to the Secretary of State.
Date:
December 22, 1836
Creator:
Jackson, Andrew & Morfit, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Book 1830
Cotton factors journal; records cotton bale weights before and after drying
Date:
1830
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future
A book describing economic conditions in Texas in the early 1880s.
Date:
1881
Creator:
Roberts, Oran Milo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas
Date:
1901
Creator:
Barker, Eugene Campbell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elisabet Ney, Sculptor
Biography about the sculptor, Elisabet Ney.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Taylor, Bride Neill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.
Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Ballads
Collection of poems and lyrics to farm ballads.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Carleton, Will, 1845-1912
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flowers and fruits from the wilderness ; or, Thirty-six years in Texas and two winters in Honduras
Account of the growth of the Baptist denomination in Texas. Morrell came to Texas in 1830.
Date:
1873
Creator:
Morrell, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frontier life; or, Scenes and adventures in the South West,
Book about frontier life in the southwest.
Date:
1853
Creator:
Hardman, Frederick & Sealsfield, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Register of Marriages in Montgomery County, 1838 - 1840]
Handwritten marriage register for Montgomery County in 1838-1840.
Date:
1838
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hans Teichmueller; biographical sketch, addresses and letters to his family
Hans Teichmueller biographical sketch, includes addresses and letters to his family. Prepared by his loving wife and daughters.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Teichmueller, Auguste Kellner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A History of Indianola
Brief history of Indianola, beginning with the arrival of La Salle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Seelingson, Lelia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of Methodism in Texas
Homer S. Thrall's the History of Methodism in Texas.
Date:
1872
Creator:
Thrall, Homer S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A history of the action of the political and civil authorities and citizens relating to the land office at Nacogdoches, under the jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor
A history of the action of the political and civil authorities and citizens relating to the land office at Nacogdoches, under the jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Taylor, Lawrence S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
History of the expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6; reprinted from the edition of 1814, Vol. 2
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark.
Date:
1814
Creator:
Lewis, Meriwether & Clark, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa.
Book about Santa Anna.
Date:
1849
Creator:
Gamboa, Ramón.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inception, organization and work of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Book about the history of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
1904
Creator:
Maxey, S. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History