"Galveston: Prepared, Printed and Published by Richardson & Co., at the 'News' Office, 1857." Richardson & Co. Galveston, Texas 1857 eng The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Texas -- Statistics. Texas -- History. Places - United States - Texas Government and Law Business, Economics and Finance Agriculture Education People - Individuals almanacs taxes horticulture astrology debts railroads lunar cycles solar cycles United States - Texas tex-fron 1858 TXALC TSHA text_book text Full title from the title page: "The Texas Almanac, for 1858; Giving Annual Statistics of the State, and the Progress of Improvements in Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures, the Increase of Population, Wealth and Revenue; of Churches Schools, Charitable Institutions, &c.; Lands Patented and Unpatented; Statistics and Description of all the Counties; Custom Houses, Light Houses, Fortifications, Military Posts, Railroads, River Improvements, &c. Lives of Distinguished Texians; History of Texas, Continued Annually, and Designed to Embrace Many Original Documents and Important Historical Facts, Furnished by Living Witnesses, Never Before Published." comment: Descriptive metadata by rvieger 2010-05-11. metapth123764 PTH ark:/67531/metapth123764 2010-10-19, 19:49:32 acpmaker