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Ellis County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. The north line of Mercer's Colony, which is also the south line of Peter's Colony, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1, 1873
Creator: Lucas, A. L.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Erath County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Erath County, Texas. Peter's Colony line is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1864
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Erath County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Erath County, Texas. Peter's Colony line is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1875
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Grayson County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Grayson County, Texas. Mercer's Colony Line is shown on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 29, 1853
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Grayson County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Grayson County, Texas. Peter's Colony East Line is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 19, 1859
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hood County

Description: Map of Hood County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Peter's Colony line is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1875
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hopkins County

Description: Map of Hopkins County, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Mercer's Colony line is marked on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1872
Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hunt County

Description: Map of Hunt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The north line of Mercer's Colony is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1894
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hunt County

Description: Map of Hunt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The north line of Mercer's Colony is marked on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1851
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Hunt County

Description: Map of Hunt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The north line of Mercer's Colony and Orr's line are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1851
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Jackson County

Description: Map of Jackson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Portion of Jackson County West of Lavaca River, belongs to Victoria Land District. The Titled Lands marked in blue are in Austin's Colony, the red are in DeLeon's Colony, and the yellow are in DeWitt's Colony, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 18, 1865
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Jackson County

Description: Map of Jackson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. The Atascosita Road crossings of Navidad and Lavaca Rivers are shown on map. A color legend for colony surveys is also shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1896
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Knox County

Description: Map of Knox County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The west boundary line of Peter's Colony through the 81st mile post is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Collin County

Description: Map of Collin County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Orr's Line and the east line of Peter's Colony are marked on map, in addition to the North and South boundary lines of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Reservation. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 23, 1862
Creator: Reichel, Robert
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Van Zandt County

Description: Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Major governmental and geographic features are marked including Mercer's Colony Line. Scale ca. 1:133,334.
Date: August 1853
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Callahan County

Description: Map of Callahan County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Asylum Lands and the Western boundary of Peter's Colony are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1878
Creator: Wise, Louis C.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Atascador

Description: Pamphlet advertising real estate and agri-business in an "All American Colony in Mexico" called Atascador. Land was offered at $12.50 - 25 per acre.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Atascador Land Company
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 11, July 26 through October 14, 1835, Nashville-on-the-Brazos

Description: The papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas include text providing historical context and an overview of events as well as transcriptions of land grant maps and other documentation related to the colony. This volume focuses on the events immediately before the Texas Revolution when the Mexican army moved into parts of Texas and the people living in Sarahville de Viesca (the capital of Robertson's Colony) began to leave the city to live in Nashville-on-the-Brazos, another city within the … more
Date: 1984
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas, Volume 9, October 1834, through March 20, 1835, Sarahville de Viesca

Description: The papers concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas include text providing historical context and an overview of events as well as transcriptions of land grant maps and other documentation related to the colony. This volume focuses on the establishment of the colony's capital, Sarahville de Viesca. Index starts on page 589.
Date: 1982
Creator: McLean, Malcolm Dallas, 1913-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Hopkins County

Description: Map of Hopkins County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Mercer's Colony line is marked on the map as well as the road from Tarrant to Clarksville, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1863
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[News Script: Salvation Army Dinner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the Salvation Army who has been providing food, clothing and shelter to the needy around the world.
Date: December 25, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 21, Number 2, Fall 2009

Description: Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." This issue focuses on "Enduring Legacies."
Date: 2009
Creator: Dallas Heritage Village
Partner: Dallas Historical Society
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