Latest content added for The Portal to Texas Historyhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?sort=default&t=fulltext&fq=str_location_county%3AMatagorda+County%2C+TX2013-03-08T21:50:32-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching The Portal to Texas HistoryMatagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Tres Palacios Bay area, Texas.2011-11-30T16:26:17-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193410/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193410/"><img alt="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Tres Palacios Bay area, Texas." title="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Tres Palacios Bay area, Texas." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193410/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows roads, islands, waterways, and shoreline detail for the Tres Palacios Bay area. Includes explanation, overview of section mapped, key to map, and fluctuation graphs. Scale [1:24,000].</p>Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Lavaca Bay south area, Texas.2011-11-30T16:26:17-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193411/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193411/"><img alt="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Lavaca Bay south area, Texas." title="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Lavaca Bay south area, Texas." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193411/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows comparative areas of land loss and accumulation along the shoreline in the Lavaca Bay area. Includes "explanation" and inset of the area mapped relative to the entire Matagorda Bay System. Scale 1:24,000.</p>Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Carancahua Bay area Texas.2011-11-30T16:26:17-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193412/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193412/"><img alt="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Carancahua Bay area Texas." title="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Carancahua Bay area Texas." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193412/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows shoreline detail for the Carancahua Bay area of the the Matagorda Bay system. Includes explanation and inset of area mapped relative to the entire Matagorda Bay System. Scale [1:24,000].</p>Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Brown Cedar Cut area, Texas.2013-01-15T07:17:50-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288613/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288613/"><img alt="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Brown Cedar Cut area, Texas." title="Matagorda Bay system : Gulf and mainland shoreline changes 1856 through 1957, Brown Cedar Cut area, Texas." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth288613/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows islands, channels, bayous, water bodies, and intracoastal waterway. Includes overview of map section relative to the entire Matagorda Bay System, explanation, and fluctuation graphs. Scale [ca. 1:24,000].</p>Map of a part of Matagorda Co. Texas : showing land to be watered by Plotner & Stoddard canal.2012-09-07T13:35:01-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth251705/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth251705/"><img alt="Map of a part of Matagorda Co. Texas : showing land to be watered by Plotner & Stoddard canal." title="Map of a part of Matagorda Co. Texas : showing land to be watered by Plotner & Stoddard canal." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth251705/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows land patents, landowners, and tract numbers in part of early twentieth century Matagorda County, Texas. No scale indicated.</p>United States Coast Survey : Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 55.2012-09-07T13:35:01-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252128/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252128/"><img alt="United States Coast Survey : Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 55." title="United States Coast Survey : Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 55." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252128/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows Texas coast from the mouth of the Sabine River to northern tip of unlabeled Matagorda Island; Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, towns used for triangulation, and areas of completed mapping by sheet number and date. Inset: "Mouth of the Rio Grande. Sub-sketch showing the progress of the Survey of Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 1854." Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:600,000] and [ca. 1: 400,000].</p>Preliminary chart of the entrance to Matagorda Bay Texas.2013-03-08T21:50:32-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298313/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298313/"><img alt="Preliminary chart of the entrance to Matagorda Bay Texas." title="Preliminary chart of the entrance to Matagorda Bay Texas." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298313/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows late nineteenth century coastal features, lakes, settlements, lighthouses, and shipwreck locations at Matagorda Bay, Texas. Includes information on lighthouses, tides, soundings, and bottom types. Depths shown by soundings. Scale: [ca. 1:80,000].</p>Coast chart no. 107, Matagorda Bay, Texas2013-03-08T21:50:32-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298357/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298357/"><img alt="Coast chart no. 107, Matagorda Bay, Texas" title="Coast chart no. 107, Matagorda Bay, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298357/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows late nineteenth century coastal features and lakes at Matagorda Bay, Texas. Includes Cavallo Pass, Lavaca Bay, and information on lighthouses, tides, soundings, and bottom types. Scale [1:80,000].</p>Matagorda County.2012-07-08T06:10:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232046/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232046/"><img alt="Matagorda County." title="Matagorda County." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232046/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.</p>Coast chart no. 107: Matagorda Bay, Texas [Sheet 2].2012-04-27T13:07:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220483/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220483/"><img alt="Coast chart no. 107: Matagorda Bay, Texas [Sheet 2]." title="Coast chart no. 107: Matagorda Bay, Texas [Sheet 2]." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220483/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows late nineteenth century coastal features and lakes at Matagorda Bay, Texas. Includes Cavallo Pass, Lavaca Bay, and information on lighthouses, tides, soundings, and bottom types. Inset: "Head of Lavaca Bay." Scale [1:80,000].</p>Preliminary coast chart no. 107, Oyster Bay to Matagorda Bay, Texas2012-04-27T13:07:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220485/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220485/"><img alt="Preliminary coast chart no. 107, Oyster Bay to Matagorda Bay, Texas" title="Preliminary coast chart no. 107, Oyster Bay to Matagorda Bay, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth220485/small/"/></a></p><p>Map shows outline of Texas coastline from Oyster Bay to Matagorda Bay with soundings. Includes: "Note," "Tides," and "Remarks." Relief shown by soundings and depictions. Scale [1:80,000].</p>