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A Partial Map of Dallas Showing the Route of the National Road and the Old Preston-Austin Road

Description: Partial map of Dallas, Texas, showing the routes of the 1844/45 Central National Highway and the Old Preston-Austin Road. The map titled "Map of the Central National Road of the Republic of Texas" shows the entire route from Dallas, Texas, to Kiomatia, on the bank of the Red River. The map below shows the route in Dallas County, overlaid on major streets. Map includes towns, roads and highways, creeks, rivers, railroads, channels, and county lines.
Date: unknown
Creator: Blair, Betty Jo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

SHSC Historical Marker Central National Road 1844

Description: Photograph of an SHSC (State Historical Survey Committee) marker commemorating the Central National Road started by the Republic of Texas in 1844. The road beagan at the mouth of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, passed through Milam County and downtown Paris, Texas, where this marker is placed at Union Station west of the downtown area. Text of the marker reads: "Central National Road of the Republic of Texas. Designed as a military highway, intended to make linkage with United States … more
Date: November 13, 2008
Creator: Bell, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 25, Number 2, Fall 2013

Description: Semiannual 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 is the "25th Anniversary Issue."
Date: Autumn 2013
Creator: Dallas Historical Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Dallas Historical Society
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[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 3 - North Central Expressway]

Description: This home movie documents members of the Stewart family driving on the North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75). Footage shot from the moving car and from the roadside includes road signs (Manderville and Northaven Road, Henderson Avenue, and Fitzhugh Avenue), Mrs. Baird's Bread plant, the Dallas skyline, Superior Lanes Bowling Alley, Republic National Life, and Turtle Creek.
Date: 1950
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.890867 -96.765424
Partner: UNT Media Library

Official Paved Road and Commercial Survey of the United States

Description: Road atlas of the United States illustrating paved roads with details of major cities followed by full page color maps of each state. Also includes a postal airway map, a highway mileage chart, logs of transcontinental federal highways, a transcontinental highway map, population information for U. S. cities based on the latest federal census data, and a descriptive gazetteer of states and territories.
Date: 1929
Creator: National Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Merchant to the Republic

Description: Biographical account of the Dieterich Family's life in Texas from around 1834 to 1860, including details concerning the Santa Fe Expedition. Index begins on page 207.
Date: 1958
Creator: Bonham, Dora Dieterich, 1902-
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Texas Forts Trail Region: Exploring the Heritage of West Central Texas

Description: Travel guide giving brief historical coverage on significant dates in towns' creation for each city located within the Forts Trail Region. Towns are listed alphabetically with each accompanied by one or two photographs. Map of cities, interstates, forts, and the Texas Fort Trail is included near the beginning.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 7, Number 1, Spring, 1995

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 transportation.
Date: 1995
Creator: Dallas County Heritage Society
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Dallas Historical Society
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