John "Big John" Glaze, the locomotive engineer for the miniature railroad at Hermann Park, shares his experiences driving, maintaining, and repairing the locomotives and tracks for the miniature train; and talks about his role entertaining children...
Various scenes at Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. plant, Gulf, TX: railroad cars being loaded; trains; industrial activity at plant. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. locomotive crossing to Santa Fe tracks.
Immigration lawyer Charles Foster describes his law career in Houston. He talks about some of the events that shaped his life and discusses one of his most famous cases.
This folder contains a collection of facts about the town of Rosenberg, Texas, including information like location, history, climate, growth and development.
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.
History of Danish immigration to Texas and the Danevang settlement. Research for Port Arthur, Texas, with entries from the journal of Ammon Underwood between 1834-1836.