Texas History Collection - 289 Matching Results

Search Results

prev Results: 97 - 120 next

Ghost Towns of Texas

Description: This book gives an overview of ghost towns in the state of Texas. Many of the towns are described with extended histories while others are simply noted with a statement of their locations. The book is split into four parts, according to the table of contents: Part I -- Utopia (La Reunion, Kristenstad, Bettina, Sisterdale, Panna Maria); Part II -- Religious Havens (Zodiac, Burning Bush, Kelsey, Marietta, Fairchilds); Part III -- Industrial Meccas (Thurber, Minera, Trinity City, Salado, Gibtown… more
Date: 1953
Creator: King, Dick
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Governors' Messages: Coke to Ross (Inclusive), 1874-1891

Description: This book contains a compilation of various speeches (including inaugural addresses) and other messages (including reports and veto statements) written by governors of Texas between 1874 and 1891. Additionally, brief biographies are included for each of the governors (Richard Coke, O. M. Roberts, John Ireland, and Lawrence Sullivan Ross) with the exception of R. B. Hubbard. Index starts on page 783.
Date: 1916
Creator: Texas State Library. Archive & History Dept.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Tyler & Smith County, Texas: An Historical Survey

Description: This book gives an overview of the history of Tyler, Texas and Smith County through a series of essays written by community members on various social and historical topics. A List of Illustrations is on page viii and the Table of Contents is on page ix; the index starts on page 279.
Date: 1976
Creator: Glover, Robert W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Story of Corpus Christi

Description: This book describes the history of Corpus Christi through sketches of persons and events in the history of the city. According to the preface, it does focuses less on the history than on the people, "presenting in plain narrative form, a recountal of the days when Corpus Christi was young, of the trials and tribulations that fell to the lot of her residents in the war periods, and finally to emerge as a fast growing a progressive city of the Southland" (p. v).
Date: 1916
Creator: Sutherland, Mary A. & Harrison, Frank B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Forgotten Colony: San Patricio de Hibernia: The History, the People and the Legends of the Irish Colony of McMullen-McGloin

Description: This book discusses the history of the McMullen-McGloin Colony in San Patricio County, Texas. According to the table of contents (which starts on page ix), the book is divided into three major sections: Part I includes biographical sketches of original settlers, Part II includes an overview of the history of the settlement itself, and Part III includes stories and songs from the oral tradition.
Date: 1981
Creator: Hébert, Rachel Bluntzer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

A History of Collin County, Texas

Description: This book gives an overview of Collin County, Texas. The text discusses the geography and prehistoric aspects of the county as well as the history of the people in the region (including Native American tribes and settlers). The book has a bibliography (starting on p. 279) and an index (starting on p. 283).
Date: 1958
Creator: Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Official Paved Road and Commercial Survey of the United States

Description: Road atlas of the United States illustrating paved roads with details of major cities followed by full page color maps of each state. Also includes a postal airway map, a highway mileage chart, logs of transcontinental federal highways, a transcontinental highway map, population information for U. S. cities based on the latest federal census data, and a descriptive gazetteer of states and territories.
Date: 1929
Creator: National Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Historical Geology Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Uvalde Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: April 1900
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Structure-Section Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: This structure map shows the topography, altitude above sea level, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Uvalde, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with colors and line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: May 1900
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Topographic Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and dams, lakes and drainage structures in the Uvalde, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Areal Geology: Van Horn Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Van Horn Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: January 1914
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Structure Sections: Texas Van Horn Quadrangle

Description: This structure map shows the topography, altitude above sea level, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found around the quadrangle region of Van Horn Texas. The map contains a legend that uses colors and line patterns to represent the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: January 1914
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Topography: Van Horn Quadrangle

Description: This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and water sources and drainage structures in the Van Horn, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Date: August 1906
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries

Areal Geology: Texas Burnet Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Burnet, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: June 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Structure Sections: Texas Llano Quadrangle

Description: This structure map shows the topography, altitude above sea level, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Llano, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: October 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Structure Sections: Texas Burnet Quadrangle

Description: This structure map shows the topography, altitude above sea level, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Burnet, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: December 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Topography: Texas Llano Quadrangle

Description: This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and dams, lakes and drainage structures in the Llano, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Topography: Texas Burnet Quadrangle

Description: This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and dams, lakes and drainage structures in the Burnet, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Date: 1909
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

Areal Geology: Texas Llano Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Llano Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: May 1911
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries
Back to Top of Screen