Black and white photograph of St. Claire paddleboat at Allen's Landing. S.L. Allen Compnay building can be seen in the background. In the foreground near the water and paddleboat are horses with wagons and men working.
RECTO: Colorized image of downtown Houston. At the bottom edge is a train emerging from under the Main Street Viaduct. There is a boat docked across the bayou at the foot of Main Street. There are three trolley cars on Main Street as well as horses...
This folder contains documents related to the city of Orange, Texas. Included in the contents is a history of the city and information about local industry, government, clubs, schools, and points of interest.
These documents contain folklore and folk tales of southern Texas. They describe folk remedies for different illnesses and tell folk stories about Santa Ana and African Americans.
This folder contains the reminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Rose Harris about her life moving to and growing up in Texas in the late 1830s. She describes living in Harrisburg, the Battle of San Jacinto, and some of the first elections in Texas. It is...
This folder contains biographical information about a series of men who immigrated to Texas to serve as soldiers, priests, etc., as well as a discussion of the missionaries sent out into what would become Texas to explore the territory and...
Contains stories about early Texas settlers and German immigrants. Includes brief autobiographies about John Rice Jones, Jesse Burnham, Littleton Fowler, and Friedrich Ernst that were published in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical...
