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Brewster County

Description: Map of Brewster County, Texas, including the Big Bend Country region. The site of an old smelter located on the Rio Grande is shown. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map

In O. Henry's Memory

Description: Photo essay includes images of O.Henry's life in Austin, including the Hill City Quartette, houses O. Henry lived in, sketches by O. Henry and letters by his daughter Margaret Porter.
Date: February 18, 1932
Creator: Houston Chronicle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping

Patent 87, Volume 40-A

Description: This document was issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company as the final instrument in the land grant process, assigning ownership to the railroad company for 640 acres in Tom Green County, section 21, block 20, as described in the patent. O. Henry wrote a fictional account of illegal proceedings concerning a land certificate, Bexar Scrip 2692, in the short story "Bexar Scrip 2692.” This is the patent that ultimately gave land ownership to the railroad via that certificate.
Date: July 18, 1928
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document

Austin Fire Insurance Co. of Dallas, Texas

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and portrait of Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas," with additional text reading: "Cash Capital $400,000.00"; "Surplus to Policy Holders Over 700,000.00." Letterhead includes the names Geo. W. Jalonick, Pres.; I. Jalonick, Active Vice Pres.; J. B. Adoue, Vice-Pres.; C. C. Slaughter, Vice-Pres.; Jos. Faust, Vice-Pres.; A. F. Pillet, Sec'y.; J. H. Hines, Asst. Secy.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

Bailey County

Description: Cadastral map of Bailey County, Texas, in the Panhandle Plains region. Bodies of water are marked as well as the center of the county and capitol lands. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1913
Creator: Pritchett, John W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map

Nueces County

Description: Cadastral map of Nueces County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. A legal notice in the lower-right corner certifies the map. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1913
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map

Hotel Bender

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of hotel with business name and text reading: "The New Million Dollar Hotel in Houston"; "285 Rooms"; "Fireproof"; "Combination Sample Rooms, Management of B. S. Swearingen."
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

Club Ranch

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name design with text reading: "John W. Harris, Owner, Club Ranch Lands"; "40,000 Acres." Letterhead also includes name Geo. E. Englehart, Gen'l Sales Agent.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

Lobo Valley Stock Ranch

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustrations, business name, and text reading: "Breeders of Thoroughbred and High Grade Black Mooley Cattle"; "On G., H. & S. A. Railway 133 miles east of El Paso"; "The only Exclusive Breeders of Black Mooley Cattle in El Paso Co." Letterhead contains the names Jas. A. Espy; R. A. Espy; R. H. Espy.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter

Terrell County

Description: Cadastral map of Terrell County, Texas in the Big Bend Country region. Some notes and properties are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1905
Creator: Walker, Addison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
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