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Amon Carter Museum: Texas Bird's Eye Views
A fascinating collection of fifty-nine bird's-eye view maps of Texas in the 1800s, covering forty-four cities in all. These maps were created by artists and provide historical records that would otherwise not exist. Each map is...
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Texas Escapes: World War I Chronicles
Stories and photographs covering people from or who trained in Texas during World War I. Topics covered include the men who fought or worked for the war effort, military camps, the home front, and monuments and memorials of the war.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: World War Ii
Describes the changes that took place in Texas during World War II, e.g., ways average Texans assisted in the war effort, and methods Governor Coke R. Stevenson used to promote Texas interests while also supporting the war. Also...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: The Nation Expands: Texas Annexation, 1845
Explains how Texas came to become part of the Union in 1845, at its own request. This precipitated the Mexican-American War.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Mary Ann Adams Maverick
A biography of Mary Maverick, who lived along the Texas frontier after the Texas Revolution. Her diaries of her life as a frontier woman provide firsthand accounts of historic events from that time.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: John Henninger Reagan
A detailed biography of John Henninger Reagan. He became the leader of the Texas Democratic Party as well as the postmaster general of the Confederacy.
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National Park Service: San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas
A short and interesting article explaining the Spanish influence of the missions of Texas. There is an extensive lesson plan included as well.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Reconstruction
Detailed analysis of how Reconstruction unfolded in Texas after the Civil War, and the many problems and sources of conflict that arose.
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Austin Community College: The World Turned Upside Down: Reconstruction in Texas
An analysis of how Reconstruction impacted Texas.
TexasHistory.com
Texas history.com: Company Lumber and Oil Boom Towns in Southeast Texas
Describes what life was like in the boom-and-bust lumber and oil company towns in Texas in the early 20th century.
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Gcisd: Grapevine Middle School: Chad Hannon: 7th Grade Texas History
A complete middle school Texas State History course accessible in one location. It contains links to a variety of student resources and student assignments.
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Houston Institute for Culture: Early Texas History: Spanish Exploration
Read about Cabeza de Vaca, one of the first Europeans to extensively explore Texas after an accidental landing at Galveston Island.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: History of the Jews of Turkey [Pdf]
A document-based question unit for world history regarding the history of the Jewish people of Turkey.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Who Was Known as The...?
Who Was Known As the Father of Texas? Who Was Known As the Yellow Rose of Texas? This resource identifies a selection of famous people from Texas history, and provides a biography for each.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Presidents of the Republic of Texas: David G. Burnet
Described as "dignified and articulate," David Burnet was the first president of Texas, whose "controversial policies" that failed to unite Texans. Read about his early life and how he attained the presidency, and check out primary texts...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Mc Ardle Notebooks: Dawn at the Alamo
Henry Arthur McArdle's "Dawn at the Alamo" notebook is "packed with letters, notes, and photographs," which McArdle used when researching for his well-known painting recording this important moment in Texas history. Browse the pages to...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: The Frontier Forts of Texas
The system of frontier forts in Texas was established to protect Anglo settlers as well as those moving on westward. This article details the observations of Lt. Col. William Grigsby Freeman, who set out in 1853 to inspect a series of...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Goliad Massacre
Political infighting among Texas politicians doomed military strength. In this Texas Library site read about the Goliad Massacre, which was a result of that confusion. Click on the maps and documents to seen enlargements. Links are...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: African Americans at San Jacinto
This website from Texas State Library contains a petition for pensions for African-Americans who served in the Battle of San Jacinto. Clicking on the document will enlarge it and will take you to a transcription of the document.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison
A detailed biography of Kay Bailey Hutchison, a United States Senator from Texas.
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Civil Rights and Conservatism 1945 Present
Learn about over seventy years of Texas history from the time of civil rights to present day.
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Dorp Express: Texas History Timeline
A timeline of Texas history from 1685 to 2000, as well as quick facts, and the lyrics of Texas, Our Texas.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Art and Artists [Pdf]
A collection of posters of art by prominent Texas artists showing images from periods in Texas history.
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University of North Texas Libraries: Texas Digital Newspaper Program
This collection of digitized newspapers represents and preserves Texas history, and begins with publications from 1829 and continues through the present.
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