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...
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.
Rev. Allen recalls events from his life in Texas from 1838 to 1842. These reminiscences were contributed to the Texas Presbyterian publication between 1876 to 1885.
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.
Special research on the minor empresario contracts for the colonization of Texas from 1825-1834. Article about the pioneer Harrises of Harris County, Texas.
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
