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Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on the Way to Robstown

Description: Photograph of wagons participating in the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train traveling to Robstown, Texas. The photo shows the front and side view of two wagons and their passengers, as well as a man riding horseback next to the wagons. The photo includes a wagon with open sides, and a fully covered wagon with a barrel on the side.
Date: February 15, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

The Forgotten Colony: San Patricio de Hibernia: The History, the People and the Legends of the Irish Colony of McMullen-McGloin

Description: This book discusses the history of the McMullen-McGloin Colony in San Patricio County, Texas. According to the table of contents (which starts on page ix), the book is divided into three major sections: Part I includes biographical sketches of original settlers, Part II includes an overview of the history of the settlement itself, and Part III includes stories and songs from the oral tradition.
Date: 1981
Creator: Hébert, Rachel Bluntzer
Partner: UNT Libraries

Legendary Ladies of Texas

Description: Collection of historical anecdotes providing "a study of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them" (back cover). The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1994
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

[Three Hispanic Girls Visiting at a Grocery Store]

Description: Photograph of three Hispanic girls standing together and visiting in front of a grocery store. The girls are all wearing printed bell dresses. One girl is standing across from the other two with her hands held above her head. The dark brick grocery store behind her has shrubs and bushes in front of it. There are also several slabs of glass bottles piled on top of each other. A small brick building is visible directly behind the store in the background. The window on the side of a lightly-colore… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Soil Survey of San Patricio and Aransas Counties, Texas

Description: Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of San Patricio and Aransas Counties, Texas.
Date: July 1979
Creator: Guckian, William J. & Garcia, Ramon N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Beach & Bay Access Guide

Description: Guide from the Texas General Land Office providing information about public access sites along the Texas coastline. It contains general information for each county including population, area, kinds of recreation a brief history, and a chart of public sites and services, as well as maps highlighting beaches, parks, recreation facilities, and wildlife areas.
Date: 2001~
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoist

Description: Patent for a hoist for lifting motor vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: McCoy, Henry L. & Boatright, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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