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...
Spanish frontier policy in Texas from 1773-1779; leadership of Gil Ybarbo, and re-occupation of East Texas. Narratives about Valentine Bennet and Marie Bennet Urwitz, and Thomas J. Pilgrim.
Early information about Washington County from the Texas Encyclopedia; the temporary location of the seat of government; the permanent location of the seat of government; and a study of the route taken by Cabeza de Vaca in Texas.
A report on the Native tribes about the East Texas Missions, includes a map of Hasinai villages. Special research on the history of the old Galveston Houston and Henderson Railroad (G. H. & H Railroad).
Excerpts from articles in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly about the early history of Harris County and Harrisburg, and the hisotry of the cattle industry.
Recollections of Captain Gibson Kuykendall, Abraham Alley, and other early colonists. Additional research about the Houston Land Office and the first Texas railroad and the
