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Description: Book containing details of Texas during the Anglo settlement of Texas during the early half of the nineteenth century as described by Mary Austin Holley. Includes information for settlers, including colonization laws, the Mexican Constitution, information on the land and its environs, and the people of Texas.
Date: 1990
Creator: Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Documents of Texas History

Description: Book containing 141 documents pertinent to the history of Texas. These range from reports by Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century to speeches and legal cases from the twentieth century. Each document is preceded by brief introduction by the editors.
Date: 2002
Creator: Wallace, Ernest; Vigness, David M., 1922-1979 & Ward, George B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Log Cabin Village: A History and Guide

Description: Book about the historical Log Cabin Village in Fort Worth, Texas. Includes the histories of the log cabins preserved in the Village, as well as information regarding everyday life in frontier Texas such as cabin construction and milling corn. Contains numerous pictures of log cabins, tools, and furniture from the period.
Date: 1980
Creator: Jordan-Bychkov, Terry G., 1938-2003
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Fiddler Webster CraftingTreenware]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young man named Fiddler Webster who is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is working on a piece of treenware, a term used by pioneers to describe a small, handcrafted wooden item. He is using a mallet and a chisel on the item. Several tools are on the small table where he is working.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nancy Lou Webster, Treenware Maker]

Description: Black and white photograph of Nancy Lou Webster using various tools to make treenware, a term used by pioneers to describe small, handcrafted wooden items. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Louise Hunter Presenting a Piece of Treenware]

Description: Black and white photograph of Louise Hunter, mother of Nancy Lou Webster, presenting a piece of treenware, a term used by pioneers to describe a small, handcrafted wooden item. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a pioneer-style dress.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wagon in the League City Sesquicentennial Parade]

Description: Photograph of several people riding in an open, horse-drawn wagon in the League City sesquicentennial parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The parade took place on a major road in League City. The passengers vary in what they are wearing; two men wearing modern day clothing sit at the front of the wagon while three women wearing pioneer bonnets sit behind them, waving to the crowd. Covering nearly the entire visible side of the wagon is a sign on which is written fourteen Italian names. Be… more
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Wagon in the League City Sesquicentennial Parade]

Description: Photograph of several people riding in an open, horse-drawn wagon in the League City sesquicentennial parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The parade took place on a major road in League City. The passengers vary in what they are wearing; two men wearing modern day clothing sit at the front of the wagon while four women wearing pioneer bonnets sit behind them, waving to the crowd. Covering nearly the entire visible side of the wagon is a sign on which is written fourteen Italian names. Bel… more
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Catholic Church Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of a large group of elderly people in costume, riding a float in the League City Sesquicentennial Parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The parade took place on a major road in League City. The elderly people are seated in rows facing the front of the float; many of them are waving. The women are wearing pioneer-like clothing and bonnets, while the men sport porkpie hats. The back of the float is dominated by a model of a church, complete with a cross, a bell tower, and mock stai… more
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Catholic Church Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of a float that features a model of St. Mary Mission Church -- a Catholic church -- complete with a cross, a bell tower, and mock stained glass windows. A large group of elderly people in costume ride the float in the League City Sesquicentennial Parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The parade took place on a major road in League City. The elderly passengers, who are wearing pioneer-like clothing and bonnets, are waving to a crowd that is not in view.
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Costumed Women in a Parade]

Description: Photograph of a float traveling down Kansas Street in League City's 32nd Annual Village Fair parade. Three women wearing pioneer costumes, complete with bonnets, are sitting on the float gathered around a cauldron. There is text on the side of the float; the visible portion reads, "We Salute Lone Star." A Texas flag hangs low from the trailer.
Date: May 10, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

Papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 10

Description: This volume continues the story of Sterling C. Robertson's colonization efforts in Texas. Includes a description land in the Upper Brazos, and lists the 58 land grants issued between March 21, 1835 and July 25, 1835. Includes transcriptions of grants, correspondence, and other papers related to the Robertson Colony. Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Date: 1983
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Woman Holding Treenware]

Description: Color photograph of a woman identified as Louise Hunter, holding a piece of treenware, the old pioneer name for household implements made from wood. She is a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. She has short gray hair and is wearing an old lace pioneer-style dress. Behind her is a tent-covered rea bustling with festival-goers.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Entrance at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of a building with a stone facade. A sign in front says Gillespie County Historical Society: Pioneer Museum. The sign's posts flank a stone wall that extends from the foreground to the background. Behind the sign is a white building with a few stone-covered buildings in the rear.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Schandua House at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of a small, one-story building with a stone facade. It is part of the Gillespie County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. This particular building is known as the Schandua House. Four posts hold up the porch awning in front. Two wooden-covered windows and a wooden door that is ajar are visible behind the posts. Various tree limbs surround the house. A few parked are discernible to the left of the house.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Weber Sunday House at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of a small house known as the Weber Sunday House, which is a part of the Gillespie County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. It has wooden paneling and is very spare in its design. The front of the house includes a porch covered by an awning that is supported by four posts. There are two windows on either side of the front door. A simple mailbox is in front amidst a few shrubs. The wooden siding of a partially visible building is directly to the right of the Weber S… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Fassel/Roeder House at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of a one-story house known as the Fassel/Roeder House. It is a site at the Gillespie County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. It has four elegant posts that support the covered porch in front. A bench sits on the porch underneath one of the two windows in front. A screen door is in between the two windows. A grassy lawn surrounds the house. Behind the house, a few trees and a telephone pole and wire are partially visible.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Methodist Church at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of a Methodist church building at the Gillespie County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. It is a statuesque, white building with stone steps, at the top of which are four columns that support the covered area in front. Two sets of double doors are visible behind the columns. Pointed arch windows are partially visible on either two of the facades that are shown in the picture. A sign with indiscernible words is to the right of the steps. Some manicured bushes line t… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Weber Sunday House at Gillespie County's Pioneer Museum]

Description: Black and white photograph of the Weber Sunday House at the Gillespie County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. The house is a small building with two windows in front and a door in between those two windows. The covered porch has an awning that has a roof made of corrugated material. Four posts support the awning. A mailbox is in the front left of the building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

Veterans and Dames of 1846

Description: Group of men and women posing on the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse, first row is seated and six rows standing on steps. Photograph taken by Charles L Swartz, May 22, 1902. Mrs. M. Moore Murdock, founder of The Dames of 1846, is seated in the center of the front row.
Date: 1902
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bosque County Historical Commission
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