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Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin.

This book contains the text of Austin City ordinances which were revised and adopted in 1908. Subject index begins on page 351.

Date: 1908

Creator: Austin (Tex.)

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Industrial Advantages of Austin, Texas, or Austin Up To Date

This book gives a brief historical overview of Austin, Texas and discusses the impact of the industries on the city, noting the major business enterprises of the time period. Index follows page 91.

Date: 1894

Creator: Austin Board of Trade

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Souvenir of Austin, Texas, 1911

This book includes written information about the history, and schools in Austin, Texas as well as an overview of statistics for Texas and a description of the Austin Business League. Primarily, the book has photographs of different views and buildings around the city.

Date: 1911

Creator: Austin Business League

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Charter, by-laws and prospectus of the Austin Trust Co. ... : chartered May 3, 1873

The charter and bylaws of the Austin Trust Company.

Date: 1873

Creator: Austin Trust Co.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive

Memoir of Theodore 'Dot' Babb, describing his experiences when he and several others were taken captive in the 1865 by Comanches near present-day Decatur, Texas and what happened after he was released.

Date: 1923

Creator: Babb, T. A. (Theodore Adolphus), 1852-1936

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People

A book about Texas history, biography, and miscellany.

Date: 1875

Creator: Baker, D. W. C. (De Witt Clinton), 1832-1881

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

This book discusses the action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas during 1835 to collect taxes from the citizens and the resistance they faced. Includes some letters and notes from the author about later excerpts from newspapers.

Date: January 1901

Creator: Barker, Eugene C.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

History of Hill City lodge no. 456, A.F. & A.M.: from its constitution on June 19, 1876 to St. John's Day, June 24, 1919

A history of the Hill City Lodge in Austin from its constitution on June 19, 1876 to St. John's Day, June 24, 1919.

Date: 1919

Creator: Bell, William G.; Franklin, William G.; Donnan, John K. & Atkinson, Joseph J.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

History of the First Baptist Church, Austin, Texas

A history of the First Baptist Church of Austin, Texas.

Date: 1923

Creator: Brooks, Mrs. V. L.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910

This book describes the ceremonies and processes involved in moving Austin's remains and includes the relevant formal decisions by the Texas State Legislature.

Date: 1911

Creator: Bryan, Guy M., Jr.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road

"The Street and Avenue Guide consists of two sections. The first section comprises the numbered streets in numerical order. The second section comprises the streets by name in alphabetical order."

Date: June 10, 1921

Creator: Bush, D. A.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Progresive Retail Merchant of Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1915

Periodical containing information about business-related topics in Travis County, along with civic news regarding organizational meetings, stories, and other information of interest to business owners and merchants in the Austin area.

Date: July 1915

Creator: Capital City Advertising Association

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

This prospectus outlines the ideals and intentions of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association to educate the people of the city and provide better public services.

Date: 1893

Creator: Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

By-laws and house rules of the Country Club, Austin, Texas.

Bylaws of the Country Club of Austin, Texas in 1911.

Date: 1911

Creator: Country Club of Austin.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Date: 1892

Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Footprints of Texas history

A book about Texas history.

Date: 1908

Creator: Dill, Minnie G.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border

Essay discussing folklore about predicting weather, gathered from the areas around the Texas-Mexican border.

Date: 1923~

Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Almanac, 1856.

The almanac includes general information about medicine, statistics, recipes, folk remedies, and meteorology for 1856.

Date: 1856

Creator: Duffau, Francis T.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago

This article gives historical background of the first dam at Austin, Texas and its failure followed by a discussion of the changes that were made when building the new dam, including plans.

Date: 1915

Creator: Engineering Record

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, May 26 and 27th, 1900

A book celebrating the 50th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Austin.

Date: 1900

Creator: First Presbyterian Church

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Primary charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas : delivered in Christ Church, Houston, on Saturday, May 9th, 1863

Primary charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas : delivered in Christ Church, Houston, on Saturday, May 9th, 1863 by Bishop of the Diocese, Alexander Gregg.

Date: 1863

Creator: Gregg, Alexander

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Souvenir of Austin, Texas

A series of views by photographer S.B. Hill.

Date: 1888

Creator: Hill, S.B.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

History of the Hornsby-Dunlap Consolidated School (Travis County) With Course of Study 1907-1908

This publication includes a brief history of the school, statements about the aims of the school and endorsements for consolidation, course of study for all grade levels, and the rules and regulations.

Date: 1907

Creator: Hornsby-Dunlap Consolidated School

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin.

The Industrial Advantages of Austin, Texas, or Austin Up To Date

Souvenir of Austin, Texas, 1911

Charter, by-laws and prospectus of the Austin Trust Co. ... : chartered May 3, 1873

In the Bosom of the Comanches: A Thrilling Tale of Savage Indian Life, Massacre and Captivity Truthfully Told by a Surviving Captive

A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

History of Hill City lodge no. 456, A.F. & A.M.: from its constitution on June 19, 1876 to St. John's Day, June 24, 1919

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

History of the First Baptist Church, Austin, Texas

Account of the Removal of the Remains of Stephen F. Austin from Peach Point Cemetery in Brazoria County, Texas to State Cemetery, Austin, Texas, October 18 to 20, 1910

Austin street and avenue guide and Travis County rural route directory with logs of the road

Progresive Retail Merchant of Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1915

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

By-laws and house rules of the Country Club, Austin, Texas.

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Footprints of Texas history

Weather Wisdom of the Texas-Mexican Border

Almanac, 1856.

Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago

The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the First Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, May 26 and 27th, 1900

Primary charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Texas : delivered in Christ Church, Houston, on Saturday, May 9th, 1863

Souvenir of Austin, Texas

History of the Hornsby-Dunlap Consolidated School (Travis County) With Course of Study 1907-1908