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[Cars Waiting for Ferry]

Photograph of cars waiting to cross the Neches River with billboards and small store in the background with a Coa-Cola sign. Handwritten on the reverse of the photograph: "Waiting for the ferry to cross the Neches River before PA - Orange bridge was built -- 1934".

Date: 1934

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.975224 -93.862628

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Flooded Area in Port Arthur]

Photograph of a flooded area between Lake Sabine and the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas. Several buildings, including the Plaza Hotel, are visible in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Cars Crossing Rainbow Bridge]

Photograph of several cars driving across the Highway 87 Rainbow Bridge crossing the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.968575 -93.873831

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Opening of Rainbow Bridge]

Photograph of a crowd of people standing on a bridge at the opening of the Port Arthur-Orange bridge, later renamed the Rainbow Bridge, over the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas. Several cameras are set up in the foreground, and an American flag and a Texas flag fly at either side of the bridge.

Date: 1938

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Aerial View of Rainbow Bridge, 1957]

Photograph with aerial view of the Rainbow Bridge spanning the Neches River near Port Arthur, Texas. Shadows of several clouds dot the landscape. A ship is passing underneath the bridge. Several canals branch off from the river on its way to Sabine Lake, which encompasses much of the background. The other side of the photo has a handwritten note saying that this was a gift of A. W. Catanach, 1992.

Date: August 2, 1957

Creator: Watkins Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Neches River, Anderson County]

Photograph of the Neches River from the Anderson County side. This river forms the Eastern boundary of Anderson County.

Date: 1980~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Neches River, Anderson County]

Photograph of the Neches River looking through the pine trees.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

Bridge Between Port Arthur and Orange, Texas

Photographic postcard of the cantilever bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas. It connects Port Arthur with Bridge City in Orange County. It is the highest bridge in Texas and is now known as the Rainbow Bridge. The card was mailed Dec 10, 1950 from Orange, Texas.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Rainbow & Veteran's Memorial Bridges]

Color photo postcard picturing the new Veteran's Memorial Bridge in front of the older Rainbow Bridge. These bridges connect Bridge City and Port Arthur, Texas over the Neches River. Written on the back of the card, "Twin bridges span the Neches River connecting Bridg City & Port Arthur. The cable-stayed Veteran's Memorial Bridge was dedicated on Sept. 8, 1990, 52 years after the Rainbow Bridge. The clearance of the new bridge is 143 feet; the old bridge is 176 feet." It is postmarked Bridge Ci… more

Date: August 1990

Creator: Chiasson, Charlotte

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Bridge across neches River - Orange, Texas]

Photographic postcard picturing, "Highway Bridge Across The Neches River - Highest Bridge in the South - 183 Ft. Above Water - Between Orange and Port Arthur, Tex." This cantilever bridge is also named the "Rainbow Bridge"

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Heritage House Museum

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2208, Chapter 406

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the use of hotel occupancy tax revenue by certain counties.

Date: June 4, 2019

Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.

Item Type: Legislative Document

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Transcript of file of documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence, November 25, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a file with multiple documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence. Documents include: 1. a copy of the secret treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 2. a statement by Santa Anna to Texas; 3. a copy of the public treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 4. a memorandum regarding the treaties and communications with the United States; 5. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Collinsworth and Grayson; 6. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to an unknown rec… more

Date: November 25, 1836

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of essay entitled, "Emigration to Texas in Mexico", 1831]

Copy of transcript for an essay entitled, "Emigration to Texas in Mexico," which describes the geography and agriculture of Texas, as well as explaining colonization procedures for readers interested in immigrating.

Date: 1831

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Rafael Gonzales, February 25, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Rafael Gonzales.

Date: February 25, 1825

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin, May 18, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, on May 18, 1826, discussing the desire to move American Indians tribes out of the territory newly colonized by Americans in order to avoid a conflict between the Comanches and the Tahuacanos. He also mentions a warning about a raid.

Date: May 18, 1826

Creator: Austin, Stephen F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin, August 3, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, on August 3, 1826, discussing the family life of Peter Elias Bean, including whether or not he was legally married to the woman he was living with, and the number of sons he has.

Date: August 3, 1826

Creator: Austin, Stephen F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Neches River - Anderson County]

Photograph of the Neches River taken from the Anderson County side.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Arrow Heads]

Photograph of five Atacapan arrow heads found near the Neches River.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Downtown and Port of Beaumont]

Postcard of the Port of Beaumont on the Neches River with downtown Beaumont in the background. In the foreground, written in the grass, is "Port of Beaumont." At least five ships and a tugboat are visible at the port. The Kansas City Southern Lift Bridge is visible on the right side of the photograph and in the background downtown Beaumont buildings can be seen including the Jefferson County Courthouse. On the back of the postcard is printed the following: "The City of Beaumont is one of the Na… more

Date: [1940..1969]

Creator: The Edwards News Co.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Shipyard in Beaumont]

Postcard of a shipyard in Beaumont in the early 1900s, likely the Beaumont Shipyard Company. Seen on the left of the postcard is a ship with at least four men on and around the ship. On the ship appears to be written "...Beaumont." Printed at the top left of the postcard is "Ship Yard, Beaumont, Tex." Printed on the back of the postcard is the following information regarding the postcard's creation: "Made in Germany. D.J. Hicks, Importer and Publisher, Beaumont, Texas" and "122771." Handwritte… more

Date: January 21, 1908

Creator: D. J. Hicks

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Beaumont Country Club]

Postcard of of the Beaumont County Club house with pier and boathouse in the foreground. The Beaumont Country Club was formed in 1906 on a hill overlooking the Neches River on a hundred acres of land. Printed at the top left of the postcard is "Country Club House, BEAUMONT, Texas." Printed on the back of the postcard is the following information related to the postcard's creation: "Made in Germany. D.J. Hicks, Importer and Publisher, Beaumont, Texas" and "G.A.P.C.M. Co., N.Y." Handwritten on t… more

Date: October 18, 1909

Creator: D. J. Hicks

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

Houston County

Cadastral map of Houston County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. There are notes in different colored inks. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).

Date: October 1868

Creator: Stremme, C. C. & Lungkwitz, Herman

Item Type: Map

Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Smith County

Cadastral map of Smith County in the Piney Woods region.

Date: 1872

Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Lungkwitz, Herman

Item Type: Map

Partner: Texas General Land Office

Van Zandt County

Map of Van Zandt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Mercer's Colony Line and the road from Kingsborough to Fort Houston, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Date: 1870

Creator: Stremme, C. C.

Item Type: Map

Partner: Texas General Land Office