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Austin History Center Association
(Austin)
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AustinPostcard.com
(Austin)
A view into the past of Austin, Texas
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Bonham, James Butler: Handbook of Texas Online
(Austin)
format this article to print BONHAM, JAMES BUTLER (1807-1836). James Bonham, officer of the Alamo garrison, son of James and Sophia Butler (Smith) Bonham, was born at Red Banks (present-day ...
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Center for American History
(Austin)
The Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin is a special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical ...
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Constitution Society
(Austin)
Comprehensive collection of constitutional materials, including books, articles, and tools.
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Granger: Handbook of Texas
(Granger)
format this article to print GRANGER, TEXAS. Granger is on State Highway 95 twelve miles north of Taylor in northeastern Williamson County. It originated in 1882 when the Houston and San Antonio ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/GG/hjg8.html
Handbook of Texas : Crockett County
(Crockett County)
format this article to print CROCKETT COUNTY. Crockett County (J-10) is located in southwestern Texas on the western edge of the Edwards Plateau.qv It is bounded on the west by the Pecos River, ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc26.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Gillespie County
(Gillespie County)
format this article to print GILLESPIE COUNTY. Gillespie County is located in west central Texas. Fredericksburg, the county's largest town and county seat, is seventy mi les west of Austin and ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/GG/hcg4.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Hays County
(Hays County)
format this article to print HAYS COUNTY. Hays County (K-14) occupies an area of 693.5 square miles in south central Texas; the center of the county is at 98°00' we st longitude and 30°00' north ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/hch11.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Kendall County
(Kendall County)
format this article to print KENDALL COUNTY. Kendall County (L-15) is in south central Texas, 170 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and is bordered by Gillespie, Blan co, Comal, Bexar, ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Kerr County
(Kerr County)
format this article to print KERR COUNTY. Kerr County (L13) is fifty miles northwest of San Antonio in the Edwards Plateauqv region of south central Texas. The irregularly shaped county is ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck6.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Kimble County
(Kimble County)
format this article to print KIMBLE COUNTY. Kimble County (J-13) is located in southwest central Texas on the Edwards Plateau, qv bordered on the north by Menard County, on the east by Mason and ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck7.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Kinney County
(Kinney County)
format this article to print KINNEY COUNTY. Kinney County (R-12) is west of San Antonio on U.S. Highway 90 in the Rio Grande Plain region. Roughly square in shape, it is bordered by Edwards ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck9.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Lakehills
(Lakehills)
format this article to print LAKEHILLS, TEXAS. Lakehills, also known as Upper Medina Lake, is on Park Road 37 eight miles south of Bandera Falls in southeastern Bandera County. County road ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/LL/hll79.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Lampasas County
(Lampasas County)
format this article to print LAMPASAS COUNTY. Lampasas County (H-15/16) covers an area of 714 square miles near the center of Texas. The county's center point is at 31 76;15' north latitude and ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Llano County
(Llano County)
format this article to print LLANO COUNTY. Llano County (I-15), in Central Texas, is bounded on the north by San Saba County, on the east by Burnet County, on the south by Gillespie County, and on ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl12.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Mason County
(Mason County)
format this article to print MASON COUNTY. Mason County (J-14) is located in Central Texas, just south of the geographic center of the state. The county's center lies at approximately 30°45' north ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/hcm4.html
Handbook of Texas Online - McCulloch County
(McCulloch County)
format this article to print MCCULLOCH COUNTY. McCulloch County (H-14) is 250 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico in Central Texas and is bounded by Coleman, Brown, San Saba, Mason, Menard, and ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/hcm7.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Medina County
(Medina County)
format this article to print MEDINA COUNTY. Medina County (M-14) is immediately west of Bexar County in southwest Texas. Hondo, the county seat, is located near the geog raphic center of the ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/hcm10.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Mills County
(Mills County)
format this article to print MILLS COUNTY. Mills County (H-15) is in central Texas, bordered on the north by Comanche County, on the east by Hamilton County, on the south by San Saba and Lampasas ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/hcm14.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Natalia
(Natalia)
format this article to print NATALIA, TEXAS. Natalia is on the main line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Interstate Highway 35, sixteen miles southeast of Hondo in southeastern Medina ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/NN/hjn3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - New Braunfels
(New Braunfels)
format this article to print NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. New Braunfels, the county seat of Comal County, is at the confluence of the Guadalupe and Comal rivers and the intersection of Interstate ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/NN/hen2.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Ozona
(Ozona)
format this article to print OZONA, TEXAS. Ozona, the county seat and only town in Crockett County, is on Interstate Highway 10 and State Highway 163, midway between Houston and El Paso and 100 ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/OO/hgo2.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Reagan County
(Reagan County)
format this article to print REAGAN COUNTY. Reagan County (G-10) is in West Texas at the northwestern edge of the Edwards Plateauqv on U.S. Highway 67 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/hcr3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Real County
(Real County)
format this article to print REAL COUNTY. Real County (M-13) is in southwest Texas, bounded on the north and west by Edwards County, on the east by Kerr and Bandera counties, and on the south by ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/hcr4.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Riomedina
(Riomedina)
format this article to print RIOMEDINA, TEXAS. Riomedina (Rio Medina) is a farming community on Farm Road 471 in the Medina River valley six miles north of Castroville in northeastern Medina ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/hnr29.html
Handbook of Texas Online - San Saba County
(San Saba County)
format this article to print SAN SABA COUNTY. San Saba County (H-14, H-15) is in Central Texas in the Llano Basin region. Its largest city and county seat, San Saba, is ninety miles northwest of ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/hcs5.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Schleicher County
(Schleicher County)
format this article to print SCHLEICHER COUNTY. Schleicher County (J-12) is in west central Texas 290 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexicoqv and ninety miles northeast of the Texas-Mexico ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/hcs6.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Sutton County
(Sutton County)
format this article to print SUTTON COUNTY. Sutton County (J-11, J-12, K-11, K-12) is in west central Texas. Its geographic center is at 30°31' north latitude and 100°38' west longitude, 135 miles ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/hcs17.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Travis County
(Travis County)
format this article to print TRAVIS COUNTY. Travis County (K-16) is in Central Texas, 150 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Austin, the state capital and county seat, is at the intersection of ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/hct8.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Uvalde County
(Uvalde County)
format this article to print UVALDE COUNTY. Uvalde County (B-12), named for Spaniard Juan de Ugalde, qv is in Southwest Texas midway between San Antonio and the International Amistad Reservoir ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/UU/hcu3.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Walburg
(Walburg)
format this article to print WALBURG, TEXAS. Walburg, originally known as Concordia, is a German community on Farm Road 972 thirty-three miles northeast of Austin in Williamson County. Henry ...
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Handbook of Texas Online - Waring
(Waring)
format this article to print WARING, TEXAS. Waring is on the banks of the Guadalupe River, seven miles downstream from Comfort and twelve miles north of Boerne in K endall County. It was founded ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hnw19.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Weir
(Weir)
format this article to print WEIR, TEXAS (Williamson County). Weir is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad at the intersection of Farm roads 971 and 1105, six mil es northeast of ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw13.html
Handbook of Texas Online -- Who
(Austin)
Browse | Who A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U |
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Handbook of Texas Online - Williamson County
(Williamson County)
format this article to print WILLIAMSON COUNTY. Williamson County (K-17), in Central Texas, is on the Balcones Escarpmentqv just north of Austin. Georgetown, the county's largest town, serves as ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hcw11.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Willow City
(Willow City)
format this article to print WILLOW CITY, TEXAS. Willow City is on Willow Creek 11½ miles northeast of Fredericksburg in northeastern Gillespie County. The earliest recorded settler before the ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hnw51.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Wimberley
(Wimberley)
format this article to print WIMBERLEY, TEXAS. Wimberley is on Farm Road 12 fourteen miles northwest of San Marcos and forty miles southwest of Austin in western Hays County. The Blanco River and ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/WW/hgw12.html
Handbook of Texas Online - Yancey
(Yancey)
format this article to print YANCEY, TEXAS. Yancey, formerly known as Tehuacana and also known as Moss, is on Farm Road 462 fourteen miles south of Hondo in south central Medina County. It was ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/YY/hly1.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Blanco County
(Blanco County)
format this article to print BLANCO COUNTY. Blanco County (K-15) is in the Hill Country qv of south central Texas, bordered on the west by Gillespie County, on the north by Burnet and Llano ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hcb8.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Burnet County
(Burnet County)
format this article to print BURNET COUNTY. Burnet County (J-15), in central Texas, is bordered by Lampasas, Bell, Williamson, Travis, Blanco, Llano, and San Saba counties. Burnet, the county ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/hcb19.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Comal County
(Comal County)
format this article to print HCC19 COMAL COUNTY. Comal County (L-15) is located in south central Texas on the divide between the Blackland Prairies and the Balcone s Escarpment.qv Its largest city ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc19.html
Handbook of Texas Online : Edwards County
(Edwards County)
format this article to print EDWARDS COUNTY. Edwards County (L-12) is located in Southwest Texas east of the Big Bend country and 100 miles west of San Antonio. The cent er point of the county is ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/EE/hce3.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Andice
(Andice)
format this article to print ANDICE, TEXAS.Andice, also called Berry's Creek and Stapp, is at the intersection of Farm Roads 2338 and 970, five miles southwest of Florence in northwest Williamson ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hna34.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Art
(Art)
format this article to print ART, TEXAS. Art is on State Highway 29 seven miles east of Mason in eastern Mason County. One of the first settlements in the county, it began around 1856 when five ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hna43.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Austin
(Austin)
format this article to print AUSTIN, TEXAS (Travis County). Austin, the capital of Texas, county seat of Travis County, and home of the University of Texas at Austin, is located in central Travis ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/hda3.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Austin City Limits
(Austin)
format this article to print "AUSTIN CITY LIMITS." "Austin City Limits, " a television program of concert performances featuring uniquely American styles of music, was founded in 1974 by Public ...
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Handbook of Texas Online: Austin, Stephen Fuller
(Austin)
format this article to print AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER (1793-1836). Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of Anglo-American Texas, son of Moses and Maria (Brown) Austin, qqv was born at the lead mines in ...
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/fau14.html
Handbook of Texas Online: Bandera
(Bandera)
format this article to print BANDERA, TEXAS. Bandera is on State Highway 16 fifty miles northwest of San Antonio in east central Bandera County. A townsite plat for the set tlement, designated ...
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hlb5.html
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