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Cross Timbers Historic Images Project

Collection of 19th and 20th century historic images from the Cross Timbers area of Central Texas, including but not limited to Erath County, Hamilton County, Hood County, Somervell County, Palo Pinto County, and Comanche County. The Cross Timbers Historic Images Project is done in cooperation with the Dick Smith Library at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Texas

GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable. [The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Ghost Towns of Texas

Links - Texas State Historical Association

Lone Star Junction: A Texas Almanac

Portal to Texas History

The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture to a rare historical map. From prehistory to the present day, you can explore unique collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical societies, and private family collections. The Portal continues to grow as additional partners contribute digital versions of their collections.

Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas

For the study and dissemination of information about the DeWitt Colony in the period 1700-1846.

Texas Almanac

From the Texas State Historical Association.

Texas Beyond History

The Virtual Museum of Texas' Cultural Heritage.

Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program

From the Texas Historical Commission. Project to preserve and protect this historic courthouses of Texas.

Texas History Timeline

Texas Landmarks & Vanished Communities

Interactive Listing of Texas Landmarks including cemeteries, vanished communities, and others for genealogy researchers.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Historic Sites and Exhibits

Texas Pronunciation Guide | Texas Almanac

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Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Introduction to the Andrew Jackson Houston Collection

The Andrew Jackson Houston Collection is comprised of papers inherited by A. J. Houston, from his father, Sam Houston. The collection was maintained by A. J. Houston until his death in 1941. The collection of approximately 4,800 items contains correspondence, reports, resolutions, proclamations, affidavits, depositions and a wealth of other material dated, primarily, between 1835 and 1859.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Rangers and Outlaws

TexasCounties.net - The Discovery of Texas

The Forty Eighters

From the Handbook of Texas Online. Oriented towards Texas Germans but interesting general information on this immigrant group.

The Handbook of Texas Online

A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association. More than 23,000 articles.