18 Matching Results

Search Results

Total Solar Eclipse in Fort Worth (1878)

Description: Photograph of seven astronomers -- Leonard Waldo, R.W. Wilson, J.K. Rees, W.H. Pulsifer, F.E. Seagrave, Alfred Freeman, and A.M. Britton -- with various telescopes set up out-of-doors near a large wooden barn or other structure. According to accompanying information they are on the S.W. Lomax farm, waiting to observe the total solar eclipse that happened on July 29, 1878.
Date: July 29, 1878
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

July 4th parade

Description: The Hibernian Association made up of male musicians and a group of women in the same white dress parade up Congress Avenue towards the ice cream garden of Messrs. Rosenfield and Co. Other citizens watch from the sides while traffic of horses and buggies wait in the background.
Date: July 4, 1874
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

La Salle County

Description: Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1878
Creator: Langermann, A. B.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Lee County

Description: Map of Lee County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Lee County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1874
Creator: Jessen, A.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Lynn County

Description: Map of Lynn County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1879
Creator: Stakemann, Max
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Menard County

Description: Map of Menard County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1879
Creator: Groos, Otto
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Nueces County

Description: Map of Nueces County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 10, 1875
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Ellis County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. The north line of Mercer's Colony, which is also the south line of Peter's Colony, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 20, 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Gillespie County

Description: Map of the Hill Country region covering Gillespie County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1871
Creator: Gomert, A. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hamilton County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Hamilton County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1876
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Bexar County

Description: Map of Bexar County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The location of an abandoned Mormon settlement under Colonel White is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1871
Creator: Klappenbach, Louis & Lungkwitz, Herman
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Blanco County

Description: Map of Blanco County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1878
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Williamson County

Description: Cadastral map of Williamson County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Additional notes have been made in red and black ink. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1872
Creator: Brotze, Richard & Lungkwitz, Herman
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Ellis County

Description: Cadastral map of Ellis County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. There are notes added in red ink. Features are marked on the map, including the north line of Mercer's Colony (also the south line of Peter's Colony). Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 20, 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office
Back to Top of Screen