Manchester and Houston Waterways ; Canal construction and progress ; The preliminary steps ; The environing cost ; American cargoes ; Private corporation improvements ; Total millions of cost ; First steamer from America
Contains descriptions of "Millionaires' Row," the Sebonac, the Augusta, the Southern Breeze, as well as other yachts belonging to members of the Houston Yacht Club.
List of officers and Directors, Houston Launch Club and Houston Yacht Club ; Features and Plans of the combined clubs, including property, boats, country clubs, golf courses, tennis courts ; History of Ship Channel, development of the Port of...
These papers describe the history of the Rice Institute from the new foundation and endowment for education to the departments on campus in the 1920s. The Rice Institute later became Rice University.
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 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...
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.
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).
