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...
This folder contains a collection of facts about the town of Rosenberg, Texas, including information like location, history, climate, growth and development.
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.
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
Three drafts of a description of the history and business of House Plantation, a plantation owned by Arcola Sugar Mills Company. Sources include Bill Griffin, who lived on the plantation for 61 years and W. L. Howse, a former manager of the Arcola...
Contains reminiscences of C. C. Cox and a group of recollections from other early Texans from the Austin papers published in 1903. Includes an article about the re-establishment of the Tejas missions.
Contains selections from the first volume of the New Encyclopedia of Texas. The selections concern the history of cities and notable individuals in southeast Texas.
Contains a section of Charles C. Nott's 1865 book "Sketches in prison camps: a continuation of Sketches of the war". The section describes the experiences of some Yankee prisoners of war from their arrival at Niblett's Bluff, La., to their...
