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Preliminary Post Route Map of the State of Texas with Adjacent Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (3).

Description: Map of preliminary U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in north Texas and Indian Territory, showing the beginning and end of routes, the frequency of the mail delivery (e.g. six times a week), and special supply routes. The map also includes railroads, major towns, bodies of water, and county lines.
Date: 1874
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Preliminary Post Route Map of the State of Texas with Adjacent Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (6).

Description: Map of the United States Postal Service mail stations and routes in south Texas, showing the beginning and end of routes, the frequency of the mail delivery (e.g. six times a week), special supply routes, and discontinued offices. The map also includes railroads, major towns, bodies of water, and county lines. Inset map of Pecos County in the lower-left corner.
Date: 1874?
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Preliminary Post Route Map of the State of Texas with Adjacent Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Indian Territory (2).

Description: Map of preliminary U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in West Texas, showing railroads, major towns, bodies of water, and county lines. Inset map of Pecos, Presidio, and El Paso Counties (titled "Map of the Western Part of Texas") in the lower-left corner.
Date: 1874
Creator: Boyd, E. D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Description: Tax receipt for Milton Parks reflecting a payument of five dollars and thirty-six cents. The receipt is dated January 10, 1874. The document is signed by A. Wright, sheriff of Hood County in 1874.
Date: January 10, 1874
Creator: Wright, A.
Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Deed for Land in Grapevine, Texas]

Description: Land deed from E. A. Hudgins to E. R. Boardman in 1871 agreeing to sell a piece of land located in Grapevine, Texas for the sum of $300. Below this agreement is a statement acknowledging the parties involved appeared freely and in person. The official certificates state that this deed has officially been filed and registered with the county in 1874.
Date: April 26, 1874
Partner: City of Grapevine

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 27

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from July 1874 to November 1874, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of s… more
Date: 1874-07/1874-11
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1874]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1874. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1874
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Governor's Mansion view from the old Capitol building]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion from the site of the old Capitol building looking at the West and north elevations of the Governor's Manstion, grounds, street, barn and picket fence. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1874 was Governor Richard Coke. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1874
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 25, 1874]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to tell his wife when mail arrived at Stephenville, Texas, and the route he would be taking when he began to head home. He mentioned that he had people he needed to visit and hoped their children were behaving well.
Date: May 25, 1874
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, May 29, 1874]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He lamented that a mobbing had occurred in Belton, Texas, where his family resided. He wrote about a murder case he handled as a judge and, at the end of his letter, prayed his family was well and in God's grace. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. P. Osterhout."
Date: May 29, 1874
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College
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