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Interview with Joe Lee Johnson, February 24, 1977

Transcript of an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, a 94 year old descendant of enslaved African Americans from the area of Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers Johnson's family history in the area and the names of other families descended from slaves, and centers around who is buried in the Round Rock slave cemetery.

Date: February 24, 1977

Creator: Ham, Murray; Richardson, Reggie & Johnson, Joe Lee

Item Type: Text

Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean route near the 35th parallel: Map no. 2: From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

Map shows expeditionary trails, Native American names for mountain peaks, and potential railroad routes. Includes distance in miles points along route and notes. Insets: "Sketch of Aztec Pass" and "Sketch of Campbell's Pass" [both] drawn by C. Mahon. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:950,400].

Date: [1853..1854]

Creator: Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Locomotion: Romancing the rails at Texas train museums, or Two Longs and a Short: Highballin' it through Texas train museums!, or Two Longs and a Short: Museums toot the whistle of railroading's colorful past.

Draft of an article about train museums across Texas that was published in the February 2001 issue of Texas Highways magazine.

Date: 2001-02~

Creator: Mallory, Randy

Item Type: Text

Location: 31.095669 -97.345186

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections