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Historic Plaque, Colonel Isham Chisum

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque. It reads "Colonel Isham Chisum (1818-1884) One of the leading early citizens of Kaufman County. Represented the county in Texas Secession Convention, Jan. - March 1861. Later in 1861, he fought in Confederate Cavalry of Col. Tom Green in New Mexico campaign. As Colonel of 2nd Partisan Rangers, Walker's Division, fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (La.), in Red River campaign to prevent a Federal invasion of Texas in 1864. A cousin of Jesse Chisholm, who pioneā€¦ more
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Soil map, Kaufman County, Texas

Description: Map displays soil types, creeks, lakes, towns, churches, schools, roads, railroads, and Texas Land Office survey lines. Includes legend and symbols. A polyconic projection, North American Datum. "Horizontal control by Texas State Reclamation Department. 10000 foot grid based upon Texas (North central) system of plane coordinates."
Date: June 1940
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil survey, Kaufman County, Texas

Description: Text describes climate, agricultural history, soils and crops, land uses, agricultural methods, productivity ratings, and morphology and genesis of soils for Kaufman County, Texas.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Templin, E. H. (Edward Henry) & Huckabee, J.W. (John Walter)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Advent Christian Conference

Description: Texas Advent Christian Church Conference held at Lop-up-n-hitch about 1890 in the Ola Union Community. Attendees are listed on the insert. Original photo is the property of Juanita McCain of Colleyville. She did the identifications of the individuals in the picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

["Sunshine Special" near Forney, Texas]

Description: Texas and Pacific's " Sunshine Special" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 909, a 900 class Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, rolls through Texas countryside near Forney on a summer day in 1929. The Texas and Pacific Railway had five locomotives of the 900 class which were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928 and these went into service in 1929. They were Numbers 905, 906, 907, 908, and 909.
Date: 1929
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Lands in Texas.

Description: Tract about the land market in Texas including a real estate brochure for sale of lands near Lawrence, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cropsey & Goddard
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Kaufman County

Description: Map of Kaufman County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).
Date: November 9, 1896
Creator: Schutze, Ed.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Mabank Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1981
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.31 -96.06
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1981
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.31 -96.19
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Styx Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1976
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.31 -96.31
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rosser Southwest Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1976
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.31 -96.44
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Prairieville Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1981
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.44 -96.06
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kemp Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1981
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.44 -96.19
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grays Prairie Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1978
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.44 -96.31
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bristol Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1978
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.44 -96.56
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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